If you could create a dream coral, what would it be?

[Gumbies R Us]

Imagine you were able to make a brand-new species of coral what would you want it to be like? Maybe you want an acro with these fancy colors on it or a new type of Monti with a unique look to it etc.. Curious to see what everyone says!

 

[Cthulukelele]

My dream coral would be a branching gorgonian with the complex fluorescent color palate of some of the high dollar acros of the hobby.

 

[jda]

I want a few different colors of Acropora Palmata. I will settle for it not being extinct in the wild in my lifetime.

 

[danimal1211]

A smooth-skinned Acro with the hardiness of Xenia that feasts on diatoms, cyano and dinos

 

[KrisReef]

I wish the tropical corals would evolve to live off the coast of California so we could have beautiful reef corals here. Traveling is a pain but there is enough beautiful stuff already growing where the water is warm.

 

[Naekuh]

I want something that could bioluminenscence.

 

[randomfishdude]

A torch like coral with longer tenticles, grew faster, very hardy, came in a very very wide range of colors.

Even one that has a bunch of colors in one.

One that has orange tenticles that fades to blue ends with red tips.

 

[Battlecorals]

Imagine you were able to make a brand-new species of coral what would you want it to be like? Maybe you want an acro with these fancy colors on it or a new type of Monti with a unique look to it etc.. Curious to see what everyone says!

An invincible, one that does not die

 

[KrisReef]

An invincible, one that does not die

and always looks fantastically the same under any spectrum?

 

[thrillreefer]

I want something that could bioluminenscence.

This is the way.

I have long dreamed of luminescent corals... Did you know it’s now a reality for plants? You can buy them here! I bought a couple, eagerly awaiting shipment

 

[randomfishdude]

You could probobly genetic modyfy a coral to have some luminescent gene or something.

Use xina as a test coral.

 

[thrillreefer]

Probably would be straightforward to do!
… in Aiptasia

Microinjection to deliver protein, mRNA, and DNA into zygotes of the cnidarian endosymbiosis model Aiptasia sp.

 

[randomfishdude]

Probably would be straightforward to do!
… in Aiptasia

Microinjection to deliver protein, mRNA, and DNA into zygotes of the cnidarian endosymbiosis model Aiptasia sp.

That goes a Lil past the biology test I failed today

 

[SomeHappyFish]

One that doesn't consume alk, cal, mg...

 

[KrisReef]

One that doesn't consume alk, cal, mg...

Those are already a thing.

I have brought home a lot of these already.

 

[crazyfishmom]

Rainbow torch that looks like a tie dye job.

 

[thrillreefer]

Rainbow torch that looks like a tie dye job.

I have this!! …for about five minutes on select sunny mornings

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I want something that could bioluminenscence.

This is the way.

I have long dreamed of luminescent corals... Did you know it’s now a reality for plants? You can buy them here! I bought a couple, eagerly awaiting shipment

You could probobly genetic modyfy a coral to have some luminescent gene or something.

Use xina as a test coral.

There are some soft corals (octocorals) that can, actually - sea pansies (Renilla spp.) for example, are bioluminescent (they're tough to come by in the hobby these days, but they have been kept before); sea pens (another kind of octocoral) are also bioluminescent, but they're much more difficult to keep by all accounts that I've heard.

For me, though, I think I'd go with a something like an Acanthophyllia that can move and reproduce via budding.

Edit: Might as well make it bioluminescent too.

 

[crazyfishmom]

I have this!! …for about five minutes on select sunny mornings

That prism effect is awesome!

 

[randomfishdude]

There are some soft corals (octocorals) that can, actually - sea pansies (Renilla spp.) for example, are bioluminescent (they're tough to come by in the hobby these days, but they have been kept before); sea pens (another kind of octocoral) are also bioluminescent, but they're much more difficult to keep by all accounts that I've heard.

For me, though, I think I'd go with a something like an Acanthophyllia that can move and reproduce via budding.

Edit: Might as well make it bioluminescent too.

Sadly you can't find any of thoes for sale.

I just looked up the octo and sea pens they look super cool but can't find them.

Just like the sea fan.


Maybe I should change my coral to a sea fan. One of the big flat ones that are highly illegal for whatever reason
You cant keep them but you can sell giant dead ones.