Grafted Monti: How to get more color?

[Sabellafella]

I have the JF Cold fusion that has been growing at a great rate, but only green. Is there a trick to get more red?

I was thinking maybe I need to frag it through the red and that'll cause the red to continue growing?


-Tamer

Cut through the red and remount it. The encrusted portion will bleed both colors, then it will table out with streaks.

 

[AllTheCorals]

Not the best picture, but like I had said. I can’t complain about the original frag. It almost seems like I’ve lost some red.

 

[jsker]

I’ve been dosing enough to keep my macro dark green, but It’s been months since ive tested. I’ll test that this evening. Thank you!

Let us know

 

[tupes]

As I had mentioned and others. If you cut through the red it's likely that the red will start growing out. Its worth a shot. Please keep us posted.

 

[jda]

Let it grow up and then use a frag saw to get the cut that you want. There is no guarantee that the green will now grow around it again, but IME if a particular color has been terminated, then it will not come back later.

 

[AllTheCorals]

Let us know

Iron with my seachem test id say is between .5-.75

I’m going to increase my dosing by 50% over the next few days and I’ll test again. Thank you!

 

[jsker]

Systems usually run low on Iron, I would suggest taking it slow and go with a %25 increase.

 

[Krzydmnd]

Where are you located?

 

[AllTheCorals]

Where are you located?

I’m in swfl

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Why would dosing iron have anything to do with this topic? Most tanks won't even read an iron test because it's all used up so quick. I haven't seen any evidence iron helps corals and especially red colors, what's the logic behind it?

 

[petsupplyguy]

you have to cut through the red. if the red is on the edge it will continue to grow. i have seen where the green is way more dominent and the only way to keep the red was to keep fragging it. i have done this many times.

 

[Fishinbob]

Dosing iron promtes green pigmentation, some of the halogens and potassium promote reds,pinks, and purples. These are harder to test for and are usually only registered on icp tests. I have been using the fauna marin colors and I've had to lower my iron dosage and boot the others die to slight increase in algea growth and lefts face it greens color up nicely already.

 

[J. Austin]

Same issue here. I have a grafted cap that is 99% red and 1% green

I think I might try and frag it close to the green to encourage it to spread into the new growth.