coral i picked up on bahamas vacation help 2 identify

[nycpuffer]

was able to bring back this piece when i went snorkeling in the bahamas need help to identify

 

[jcurry]

It's diseased porities.

 

[jaa1456]

looks dead

 

[TrIsTaTe05]

+1

looks dead

 

[Lenny718]

You should have left it in the Bahamas :irked:

 

[batt600]

you should have left it in the bahamas :irked:

+1

 

[lanacane214]

wtf how rude,if you have nothing positive to say ,you know the rest s.t.f.u

 

[Lenny718]

wtf how rude,if you have nothing positive to say ,you know the rest s.t.f.u

Why should I have something positive to say about someone stealing coral which they have no idea of how to take care of???? You STFU :shhh:

 

[Josh]

Is it even legal to import coral from the Bahamas?

 

[Lenny718]

Is it even legal to import coral from the Bahamas?

I don't believe it is Josh. But than again I'm rude and I should STFU :tongueani

 

[TrIsTaTe05]

looks like a dead gonipora

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

The big piece def looks dead but I got the impression he was talking about the small green coral on top of it.

 

[albano]

I got the impression he was talking about the small green coral on top of it.

the 'small green coral' on top, looks like caribbean algae (halimeda?)




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[ryangrieder]

the 'small green coral' on top, looks like caribbean algae (halimeda?)




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took the words right out of my mouth... i was going to say halimedia

 

[aznt1217]

He didn't import it. He just brought it back on the plane via baggage. Anyway, it looks like it's not coral any more. It's already calcified or on the way to it. It's live rock now (kind of)... the green stuff is macroalgae, can't tell from the picture but I suspect the gentleman in the previous posts are correct.

I do not believe Lenny's comment was meant to even be rude. He was just expressing the point that you shouldn't just bring back stuff from the reefs. It's already on a downward spiral as it is so why aid it. Please remember all the sand and the rocks that are currently there are from coral that turn into calcium carbonate that build the reefs down there.

 

[Lenny718]

He didn't import it. He just brought it back on the plane via baggage. Anyway, it looks like it's not coral any more. It's already calcified or on the way to it. It's live rock now (kind of)... the green stuff is macroalgae, can't tell from the picture but I suspect the gentleman in the previous posts are correct.

I do not believe Lenny's comment was meant to even be rude. He was just expressing the point that you shouldn't just bring back stuff from the reefs. It's already on a downward spiral as it is so why aid it. Please remember all the sand and the rocks that are currently there are from coral that turn into calcium carbonate that build the reefs down there.

Your certainly right, I in all honestly really didn't mean to sound rude. I was just expressing the fact as you said, why make matters worse than they are by taking something from OUR precious ecosystem. The reefs are in bad shape as it is, lets not add to it.


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EDIT: And thanks Ant, I didn't mean to come off like a jerk although SOME people took it that way...

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

no idea what it is I thought it was a coral of some kind ..there's so many different things out there man it's impossible to keep up

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

lol I also have a feeling that piece was already dead when he picked it up

 

[aznt1217]

It was coral at some point.

 

[albano]

He didn't import it. He just brought it back on the plane via baggage.

no matter HOW, he got it here, he IMPORTED it! :shhh: (would 'smuggled' sound better?)





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