My coral project

[blackcloudmedia]

Well I have recieved coral on my live rock in the past but its usually dead. However one piece of dead brain coral has managed to "come back to life" Its pores opened up and there are little polyps coming out and begginning to grow. I already have a Worm Brain coral that is happy. So my new project will be to document its grown, or regrowth along with photo evidence.

 

[Anonymous]

Cool. Do you know where the rock came from? (Figi, ect?)

 

[Anubis1]

ok.. i am stupid.. I admit it.. which part of it is the live part?.. the brown?

congrats btw!

 

[blackcloudmedia]

THis is fiji rock, thats all I get aside from base rock. If you look closely just above the white part of the coral on the back you can see little polyps about 1.5mm tall. Sorry Im not as good with the digital camera as some people on here. Ahem not to mention any names....Louey, Len, etc. Im not quite sure about the species though and I suppose I wont know until its grown out more. Yesterday I was cleaning the tank and the polyps retracted so I do know for sure they are alive now.

 

[blackcloudmedia]

Well as of today 100 percent of the coral is back to life. THe brown polyps when open all the way cover the surface of the coral. There is still no color (other than brown) to the flesh therefore I cannot determine species.

 

[blackcloudmedia]

I have a theory. I believe the coral may have ejected its symbiotic algae early in the delivery process because the polyps origionally had no color to them. Then my tank went through a phase of brown diatom bloom for two weeks, this is when the coral gained color and began to open up. Now I am in the green algal bloom phase. I wonder if the coral accepted this brown diatom into the polyps as a means of nutrient uptake. Just a theory.

 

[SnowManSnow]

To me the picture looks like a once dead coral of montipora. I have some of this stuff that has encrusted some of my rock and you literally have to TRY to kill this sps. Hard for me to make out a brain coral from it. THe polyps look like sps to me.

B

 

[blackcloudmedia]

Update. I got a new 150 watt metal halide system and after a day under the halides the polyps turned green. A nice montipora green :wink:

 

[SnowManSnow]

I think u have a montipora there You have to TRY to kill it in my experiance!

b

 

[Anonymous]

Need updated pics.