Blue Sarcophyton?

[Dana Riddle]

Here's a shot of a Sea Frontiers from 1969 showing a blue Sarcophyton. Has anyone ever seen a similar specimen offered for sale?

 

[DSC reef]

I haven't but that would be amazing to have in a tank.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

It may actually be gray and the flash on the camera made it appear that color.
But I do have a blue sinulara coral. It's more white in 10K light more blue under the kessils of course. I'll get some photos and post them.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Photos under different kinds of light so you can see the colors. The really purple shot is with a purple plus on. The one where the toadstool looks really pink is white light the purple plus off and the blues on the kessils off

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

More actinic the more blue it is which makes sense. I have a 10k in with my 15k so I get better purples and it brings out the purple in the sinulara.

 

[DSC reef]

That photo looks really white and no editing, it actually looks like a true blue. I'm very interested either way.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

That photo looks really white and no editing, it actually looks like a true blue. I'm very interested either way.

Which photo are you commenting on?

 

[andrewkw]

While I have heard of this, I've never seen a clear photo of one that is truly blue.

 

[DSC reef]

Which photo are you commenting on?

The one from the book.

 

[andrewkw]

For me to be convinced this really exists as blue I'd want to see it with polyps out. When closed up and stressed they can appear greyish which in the right light could easily look blue. I'm not going to comment too much about a photo taken in 1969 since I have no idea what kind of lighting they would have used for what I assume is an ocean photo. The coral in the photo could be stressed / sick and that along with the combination of lighting makes it appear to be blue. Or it could just blue closed up.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

The one from the book.

Yes, flashes are normally pretty white unless a warm flash is used.