New Acro Grafting or something else!?!?

[Charlie the Reefer]

Hey everyone,

I bought a coral titled "POTO Boomerang" from Cherry Corals at a frag swap. It has shades of pink/red/green, with red polyps.

A few weeks ago I noticed some blue randomly developing throughout the frag. Could it be grafting possibly? Just something new I saw that excited me. It is sitting directly adjacent to another acro I have that has blue grafting in it!

POTO Boomerang from CC website:

My pic (sorry for quality, I will try to take a better one later!)

Blue/Green acro next to it (looks similar to RRU DDAY, but I bought this one un-named and slightly differs in appearance [I also have RRU dday])

Maybe it's just a normal growth tip on this coral? Anyone have experience with POTO Boomerang? Thanks for your time everyone!

 

[cdemoss01]

Hey everyone,

I bought a coral titled "POTO Boomerang" from Cherry Corals at a frag swap. It has shades of pink/red/green, with red polyps.

A few weeks ago I noticed some blue randomly developing throughout the frag. Could it be grafting possibly? Just something new I saw that excited me. It is sitting directly adjacent to another acro I have that has blue grafting in it!

POTO Boomerang from CC website:

My pic (sorry for quality, I will try to take a better one later!)

Blue/Green acro next to it (looks similar to RRU DDAY, but I bought this one un-named and slightly differs in appearance [I also have RRU dday])

Maybe it's just a normal growth tip on this coral? Anyone have experience with POTO Boomerang? Thanks for your time everyone!

Probably just another acro grafting

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

Updated pictures. Encrusted a bit more. Interested to see how this thing develops.

 

[GlassMunky]

No corals are actually grafted. None.
Unless you are surgically transferring tissue it’s not a graft.

When people talk about random colors showing up in new corals that are “grafted” it’s usually an infection of something like green fluorescing pigment (GFP) or some kind of horizontal gene transfer or something.

I hate when people use this term referring to corals because by definition it means it was intentional and none of these grafted corals have been done on purpose, they just appear naturally.

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

Ok, thanks for the info. I definitely didn't mean to mis-lead or provide misinformation, just going off of what I've seen many other call the phenomenon here.

 

[DenverSaltyFarm]

No corals are actually grafted. None.
Unless you are surgically transferring tissue it’s not a graft.

When people talk about random colors showing up in new corals that are “grafted” it’s usually an infection of something like green fluorescing pigment (GFP) or some kind of horizontal gene transfer or something.

I hate when people use this term referring to corals because by definition it means it was intentional and none of these grafted corals have been done on purpose, they just appear naturally.

hmmmm grafted montipora have been done intentionally along with plenty of other gorals. gluing 2 different colors together until you get one to take.

perfect example of a intentional graft

TSA Mind Meld Triple Grafted Montipora Coral

Introduction to Montipora Montipora corals are a versatile and visually stunning genus of SPS (Small Polyp Stony) corals that are popular among reef enthusiasts. With over 80 species, Montipora showcases a wide range of growth forms, including plating, branching, encrusting, and even scrolling...

topshelfaquatics.com

 

[encrustingacro]

hmmmm grafted montipora have been done intentionally along with plenty of other gorals. gluing 2 different colors together until you get one to take.

perfect example of a intentional graft

TSA Mind Meld Triple Grafted Montipora Coral

Introduction to Montipora Montipora corals are a versatile and visually stunning genus of SPS (Small Polyp Stony) corals that are popular among reef enthusiasts. With over 80 species, Montipora showcases a wide range of growth forms, including plating, branching, encrusting, and even scrolling...

topshelfaquatics.com

Generally, one of the pieces infects the other; they don't grow together.

When people talk about random colors showing up in new corals that are “grafted” it’s usually an infection of something like green fluorescing pigment (GFP) or some kind of horizontal gene transfer or something.

I don't think it's horizontal gene transfer. Horizontal gene transfer is when specimens of two (or more) newly-diverging subspecies reproduce with each other. These hybrids then reproduce with the original subspecies, transferring over genes. As millions of years pass by, these subspecies diverge further into species, and then genera, families, etc. When we analyze the genomes of these animals, we find that some specimens of one species have genes normally found in another species. This can complicate things like phylogenetic tree reconstruction. One such case was in a study analyzing the genes of Euphyllia and Fimbriaphyllia--they found that some specimens of F. ancora were nestled within the F. divisa clade when one gene was used to reconstruct their phylogenetic tree, but not when another gene was used.

Edit: nvm; that's reticulate evolution, not horizontal gene transfer