ichthyogeek
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So I just saw this thread on grafting mushroom anemones together. I'm confused.
I get that with trees when you graft them, there isn't really any immune system so to speak, so you can just lop on branches of other trees (+other stuff) to get what you want. So you can essentially make a tree with a lot of different fruits on it.
But corals are invertebrates, and those have some sort of immune response, right? I know that in humans, if something happens and you need a transplant, sometimes you have to take immune system inhibiting drugs. Does this not happen with corals?
Specifically I'm interested in how it works for soft corals and LPS. I can see how with SPS, you would either get a total meltdown of one (sweeper tentacles), or coexistence (like fragging a branch of acropora to another, with no melding). But I can't see this happening with mushrooms or single polyp LPS (Homophyllias/Scolymias, Trachyphyllias, etc.)...
I get that with trees when you graft them, there isn't really any immune system so to speak, so you can just lop on branches of other trees (+other stuff) to get what you want. So you can essentially make a tree with a lot of different fruits on it.
But corals are invertebrates, and those have some sort of immune response, right? I know that in humans, if something happens and you need a transplant, sometimes you have to take immune system inhibiting drugs. Does this not happen with corals?
Specifically I'm interested in how it works for soft corals and LPS. I can see how with SPS, you would either get a total meltdown of one (sweeper tentacles), or coexistence (like fragging a branch of acropora to another, with no melding). But I can't see this happening with mushrooms or single polyp LPS (Homophyllias/Scolymias, Trachyphyllias, etc.)...
