I got this coral from the lfs around 1 year ago.
I had been watching this one at the lfs for a month or so hoping it would color up.
It was a small colony around the size of a baseball.
Branches were very close togheter and tight as I remember.
No one looked at it because it was black as coal.
Lfs fragged a few that did not make it and the colony started to stn till it was gone.
I took the chance at $10 and brought home a piece that was the size of a peanut that had been shelled and standing upright.
Well it did not die or I would not be posting this, lol.
It was black for at least 6 plus months with no polyp extension at all.
A small feather duster comes out of its side and is still their.
Ok 5 months ago I fired up my halides.
A few corals turned brown including this black one.
The other corals that tuned brown came back to their original color quickly.
The mystery coral stayed brown and was finally growing nicely now under the Halides.
So almost 9 weeks ago I started dosing amino acids, Elos Omega.
Slowly over this 8 week of very small doses of amino acids, 15 drops, it is turning purple with white polyps.
It is very smooth in texture and now branching.
Well that was long winded, lol
Here it is. I finally got a good pic from my phone tonight.
It is directly under the center of one of my 250 phoenix bulbs about 10" from the bottom.
Any idea as to what it might be?
It was an Aussie wild coral.
I had been watching this one at the lfs for a month or so hoping it would color up.
It was a small colony around the size of a baseball.
Branches were very close togheter and tight as I remember.
No one looked at it because it was black as coal.
Lfs fragged a few that did not make it and the colony started to stn till it was gone.
I took the chance at $10 and brought home a piece that was the size of a peanut that had been shelled and standing upright.
Well it did not die or I would not be posting this, lol.
It was black for at least 6 plus months with no polyp extension at all.
A small feather duster comes out of its side and is still their.
Ok 5 months ago I fired up my halides.
A few corals turned brown including this black one.
The other corals that tuned brown came back to their original color quickly.
The mystery coral stayed brown and was finally growing nicely now under the Halides.
So almost 9 weeks ago I started dosing amino acids, Elos Omega.
Slowly over this 8 week of very small doses of amino acids, 15 drops, it is turning purple with white polyps.
It is very smooth in texture and now branching.
Well that was long winded, lol
Here it is. I finally got a good pic from my phone tonight.
It is directly under the center of one of my 250 phoenix bulbs about 10" from the bottom.
Any idea as to what it might be?
It was an Aussie wild coral.
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