Not your ordinary PC Rainbow
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Woah that’s different! Almost looks like the polyps that are white are infected in a way, they look fluffy and clear like they have no pigment. I wonder if you cut just one polyp off if it would form a colony of all white polyps or create a colony similar to what’s pictured. When did you notice it forming these?
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I've got some frags that I cut that are doing a similar thing. I like it too!
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I believe the white polyps look plump because they aren't expanded all the way out. I don't get the polyp extension most people get...............it's always been that way with corals in my display.
Those areas with the heaviest white polyps were bleached at one time and this it what pigments took over. I think they will stay that way but I'm not sure if a frag of that would multiply those colors..........I'm guessing not, but it will be a fun experiment.
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I am surprised no ones replied to this. I haven’t seen it before and it’s actually really cool looking! The white polyps in the pic look bigger than the red ones for some reason. You think the non colored polyps are related to the stress of it bleaching?
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The red polyps are more retracted, that's why they are smaller, but I think you're right that if the red polyps were out more they wouldn't be plump like the white polyps. I've looked at this coral at night and the tips have the long stringy polyps, which is common at night for all my corals that are doing well.
My guess is those polyps bleached with the whole section as remember it being pale(very light tan) in all areas of direct light. My thought is as the zoo populated the coral there were some other pigments picked up which I've seen before happen in bleached corals.......usually it's the skin that changes.
They polyps are definately pure white now......maybe expanded more wanting more light than the retracted red polyps.
I'll update if a change happens or if it stays this way after a few months.
That sounds like a good theory. Really awesome situation and it looks really cool on that specific coral. I hope it continues on all branches as it grows and on the frags too. That would be a really unique piece. Are you waiting for it to grow out more before you try and cut a piece to see if it holds? Appreciate you starting a thread on this!
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What par do you have this at? I have a pc rainbow that I can’t get to color up very well at all.
Ed - if you see that spread to another acropora, then they have to go. Dr. Ron was talking about this once at a conference/meet about 20+ years ago and it is a bacterial infection that affects the zoox, but I forget the name. He was saying that it is not good. Maybe you will get lucky and it is a dna/genetic thing and it will persist and be safe.
You did not happen to graft that, did you?
You did not happen to graft that, did you?
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Interesting. Have you all been able to get the blue base and tips out of the coral?
I need to dig out my pictures from back in the days from the original mother colony of the PC Rainbow.
The original Pro Corals Rainbow was an immaculate conception. I don’t know where it came from but one day it appeared on a rock that I had come in on an order of corals from Indonesia/Australia. It grew out into an SPS coral but remained brown for over two years while all my other corals thrived. After I took down my inwall reef and moved over to another tank the coral started to color up. I believe the change was due to the change I lighting from MH to T5.
After a while the coral blossomed and I decided to release it as the Pro Corals Rainbow due to it coloration. The original colony had blue, yellow, red, green and a hint of orange. I’m glad so many around the world now hold and house this wonderful coral.
I need to dig out my pictures from back in the days from the original mother colony of the PC Rainbow.
The original Pro Corals Rainbow was an immaculate conception. I don’t know where it came from but one day it appeared on a rock that I had come in on an order of corals from Indonesia/Australia. It grew out into an SPS coral but remained brown for over two years while all my other corals thrived. After I took down my inwall reef and moved over to another tank the coral started to color up. I believe the change was due to the change I lighting from MH to T5.
After a while the coral blossomed and I decided to release it as the Pro Corals Rainbow due to it coloration. The original colony had blue, yellow, red, green and a hint of orange. I’m glad so many around the world now hold and house this wonderful coral.
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Doug,
Thanks for the info......if I hadn't bleached that piece.......my own fault, I could see being concerned. I've had corals develop plump polyps over the whole coral before while others never showed it.
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Jda if you end up finding any info on what dr Ron was talking about please let us know. I would be curious to hear about this type of infection.
I would be scared to cut it right now because I wouldn’t want it to loose the polyps, even though it could be not good it looks cool and I agree with big e that since it bleached I wouldn’t think it was an infection of any sort as of now.
I would be scared to cut it right now because I wouldn’t want it to loose the polyps, even though it could be not good it looks cool and I agree with big e that since it bleached I wouldn’t think it was an infection of any sort as of now.
