phamily Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 This piece is about 5" with multi colors $100. Will hold with paypal Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMJ Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 On 7/6/2017 at 11:11 PM, phamily said: This piece is about 5" with multi colors $100. Will hold with paypal Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk This does not look multi color. It has a virus, infection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeflogic Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 54 minutes ago, BMJ said: This does not look multi color. It has a virus, infection. Curious where you see an infection? I've had the same echinata for a few years and it looks identical to Pham's larger colony, this species has orange, purple, teal and spots of bright green. I'm no echinata disease expert, but I've seen this colony and it looks extremely healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I'm curious also to see specifics on identifying this coloration pattern/combination as a viral infection. I know fluorescing and chromo proteins along with melanin are important components of a corals immune system and there can be localized coloration or even colony wide changes without changes in lighting or water parameters. We still don't know much about how corals react to viruses. (The Tulip Breaking Virus though is a fascinating botanical example a virus causing permanent changes in color. Due to it's contagiousness it's illegal to own and propagate although the Dutch maintain some demonstration examples.) Some coral species/genotypes have the DNA to code for a lot more colors than are expressed at any one time so having a colony with multiple colors certainly doesn't have to be caused by a pathogen/injury/parasite. Maintaining the right environment so a particular colony that is able to make a range of fluorescing and chromo proteins keeps a prefered combination of colors can be a bit of a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I've seen this one in person, and someone was suppose to get me a frag of it *cough* it looks glorious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phamily Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 Sorry i dont have any frags, it looks so cool as a big piece. I'm not sure if it get the mutlicolor beacuse of a virus or an infection. I'm just a hobbyist and thought it looked plum and kool[emoji16][emoji23]Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nori4dori Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 I have seen many multicolor echinatas. The nice expensive ones have this type of coloration. Definitely not infection. Looks like a very healthy piece to me. The green coloration around the edge is really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHALAKO Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 It looks good to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcasisa Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 The more important question, is it still available? -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 3 hours ago, jcasisa said: The more important question, is it still available? -John Nope...it'll be headed to San Antonio. Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phamily Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 it is sold to Randy. Thanks yall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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