New Graft coral

[Checkitout]

I'm sorry thats what I meant, not lemonade.

 

[Checkitout]

What kind of lighting do you use?

 

[mpoletti]

Radiums and VHO's

 

[Frink]

My grafted blue stag

This coral was near a green pocillipora but never touched it it.The picture is a frag off of the mother colony which I cannot capture well. This frag is almost totally transformed from blue to florescent green.
Frink

 

[lowbudget]

what i was told, what happen is when the pocillipora spawns and the other coral was able to grab with the polyp takes it in and the green starts to take over. eventually the green will take over.

 

[Alpha Aquaculture]

grafting in horticulture is a term used when a stem is attached to a root stock. certain stem and root stocks have certain desirable characteristics and thats why its done. the issue as i'm sure is the same issue with coral aquaculture is whether or not the two genetics are compatible. it doesn't always work

That Atlantis piece looks cool... any other pics??

Kris

 

[Troylee]

This coral was near a green pocillipora but never touched it it.The picture is a frag off of the mother colony which I cannot capture well. This frag is almost totally transformed from blue to florescent green.
Frink

man that piece looks wicked!!! im such a sucker for the purple green acros...there my favorite i just placed a order for rommels incredible hulk, the purple and green just pop for me..:)

 

[aquariumclown]

I can't seem to get into the whole grafted thing. I've never seen a grafted coral I thought was gorgeous, I'm still waiting for that to happen. If someone got a 'gorgeous' grafted coral please post and enlighten me on it's beauty so I too can love it like some of you guys do!

 

[NC Health]

Grafting is a form of genetic engineering in the wild. When one coral touches another and they go through their mitotic divisions , if compatible, the genetic components get incorporated into the dna strains. That genetic component incorporated will then manifest itself into the coral. Sometimes in color. This process does not happen frequently. If you can imagine the numerous corals in the wild touchin each other. More times then not, one coral is dominant and the other dies off. But sometimes... you get this genetic "mutation." For me the fascination is the mutated "new coral." Just my 2 cents worth. Al

 

[stoneroller]

Could it also be an expression of donated zooxanthellae? or... Are there actually morphological differences in the two areas?

 

[NC Health]

I truly believe they are genetic differences in the two areas. i had a frag of the grafted simplex where one branch had the yellow on it. As the frag grew and other branches extended out, only some of the new branches exhibited the yellow "mutation." This tells me that the genetic component is incorporated into the dna and manifest itself at random when the correct sequence lines up for mitosis. Sorry... rambling now. Just my theory. No scientific data

 

[I-K@ndY]

Yep, I have a colony of it that grafts

I got this from my last care package right?.. nice!

 

[mpoletti]

I got this from my last care package right?.. nice!

Yep, that was one of the one I threw in to weigh the box down so Fed Ex wouldn't lose it :tongue:

 

[myzislow]

grafting or no grafting, that coral is bad ***. I want one for sure...someday

 

[SaraB]

I got this from my last care package right?.. nice!

I think I need a care package from Mark too ...

 

[mpoletti]

I think I need a care package from Mark too ...

No problem Sara ;)

 

[SaraB]

No problem Sara ;)

I've been hoping to shop in person, but no trips have come up yet ...

 

[kingfisherfleshy]

I as well dont get the excitement. I have seen some cool pictures, but that doesnt really last if the green is just going to completely take over. I think this still needs some tinkering, maybe there is a way to graft them like trees, where both stay separate.

 

[butts182]

i would like to see a pic of the grafted colony