Random experiment. Totally amazing results

[jason604]

About 2 months ago while fragging my fully purple acro and my
Hulk green acro I accidental broke of a few tiny tiny polyp pieces from each and I only had 1 frag plug left so I just glue all of them very closly together. Now that they grew out a bit up until about 2 weeks ago their color seem to have morph together. It's rly cool. I'm using iPhone cam so the pic doesn't look near as vivid as it does in person. The flower polyps from it seems to be a combine green/purple color. Can't get pic of it for it closed when I held it up. The purple acro turned a lot more blue/green now and have a very light purple/pink ring on its tip. Green acro turned a bit more green/blueish. The mother from the two are still the same color as always. Any1 else have experience with this?

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b578/kosin604/3DFDECD7-F34E-446F-A744-CBFF39FFBF1F_zpstwhqys7d.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/kosin604/media/3DFDECD7-F34E-446F-A744-CBFF39FFBF1F_zpstwhqys7d.jpg.html)

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b578/kosin604/BD8E354A-5012-4F0F-A299-5B8F818618DE_zpsazqj9zer.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/kosin604/media/BD8E354A-5012-4F0F-A299-5B8F818618DE_zpsazqj9zer.jpg.html)

[Doug]

Nice. A purple hulk...:D

[asylumdown]

'hulk' and 'purple' are trade names and have little to do with the genetics of the actual coral. Are those the same species? I would have thought anything that wasn't the same species would have killed each other?

[jason604]

'hulk' and 'purple' are trade names and have little to do with the genetics of the actual coral. Are those the same species? I would have thought anything that wasn't the same species would have killed each other?

I thought they were gonna kill each other at first as well but actually there a piece of the purple acro an the hulk fused together and the color is so spectacular.

Here is the mother of each coral http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b578/kosin604/FF712FA5-4E80-4ECA-983F-54A58B8F6A66-6974-0000050BB88C3B61_zps68a54b7b.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/kosin604/media/FF712FA5-4E80-4ECA-983F-54A58B8F6A66-6974-0000050BB88C3B61_zps68a54b7b.jpg.html)

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b578/kosin604/56FBC9C6-B784-4E9C-99FA-E998A4CB9306-15588-000010572EFADAD5_zpsff5f9e52.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/kosin604/media/56FBC9C6-B784-4E9C-99FA-E998A4CB9306-15588-000010572EFADAD5_zpsff5f9e52.jpg.html)

I'm gonna try fragging 1polyp of 2 diff type of acros again and put them very close to see what will happen this time.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Nice. A purple hulk...:D

The newest member of THE AGENTS of S.M.A.S.H. :biggrin:

[jason604]

The newest member of THE AGENTS of S.M.A.S.H. :biggrin:

Lol grow it out sell it for 20x the price. Yeeeeee budday >=)

[Bblinks]

Nice work bud. I tried that too a whole bunch of time but never succeeded. Let that piece grow and you can name it after you. Call it the Jason's ultimate hulk acro! :wink: limited edition! I think the price just went up again. Lol

[jason604]

Nice work bud. I tried that too a whole bunch of time but never succeeded. Let that piece grow and you can name it after you. Call it the Jason's ultimate hulk acro! :wink: limited edition! I think the price just went up again. Lol

Lol good name ill do that once it grows out into a beautiful
Colony. I almost sold this frag to a reefer here for $20 lucky he never showed up and the color morphed few days after

[pinkreef]

could it be that each mother had a different clade of zooxanthelae (spelling) and when the two pieces were put together they shared?
that might explain it as i have seen it myself in palys

[jason604]

could it be that each mother had a different clade of zooxanthelae (spelling) and when the two pieces were put together they shared?
that might explain it as i have seen it myself in palys

I dunno. Mybe its cuz I glued them as single polyps so it was easier for them to be compatible with each other? I will experiment with different colours n different size frags to see what else can magically happen =)

[jason604]

I thought I'll give my old thread a lil update and show this Christmas miracle that tons of hobbiest thought was not possible to grow 2 diff types of acros together and have them fuse. Well few months later it's growing quite well and totally fused at all edges. Yup the green is however growing much faster than the purple but hey there has to be a winner =)

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b578/kosin604/CB0EE80A-98C7-431A-A861-343182DF5ECF_zpskyftjmf7.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/kosin604/media/CB0EE80A-98C7-431A-A861-343182DF5ECF_zpskyftjmf7.jpg.html)

[blackradon]

Awesome growth man! Happy reefing and merry Christmas!

[mike31154]

Nifty. I've got a similar deal going on with green & red(maroon?) montipora. I don't have a recent photo, but below is a shot soon after I stuck a bit of the green on to the larger maroon specimen. Obviously the green was at a size disadvantage right from the start & due to various mishaps & growth rate inequities, it is being overshadowed. But still hanging in there. I may intervene & break off some of the maroon monti to give the green a better chance.

https://tsl4pa.by3301.livefilestore.com/y2pbPyBDgRleUVljXGB4Y8AGcVwbFhvtZFjyxJg6uU7tkQ-J4RnGIsECrn2sigFPguTS2b9C-otBlVhwpUcru3riS-jETEZrDXlR5Z89cTrtUB4GWa6uLLs3Ipt5al5lGrG/P1060637e.JPG?psid=1

https://tsl4pa.by3302.livefilestore.com/y2pXb4OmqyI6j0pgtcg3ZZ1pUbebHhKENuXiHht_pPROCnJo3j sayV8NpsqPlLgSRlpNmfK7Ba-c70GNBPxf4gOs2RccIpuHDehljFGWSmWyR_nQ3bhNP0ozF5A5d wLMoKR/P1060678e.JPG?psid=1

[Ranchu50]

I thought I'll give my old thread a lil update and show this Christmas miracle that tons of hobbiest thought was not possible to grow 2 diff types of acros together and have them fuse. Well few months later it's growing quite well and totally fused at all edges. Yup the green is however growing much faster than the purple but hey there has to be a winner =)

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b578/kosin604/CB0EE80A-98C7-431A-A861-343182DF5ECF_zpskyftjmf7.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/kosin604/media/CB0EE80A-98C7-431A-A861-343182DF5ECF_zpskyftjmf7.jpg.html)

I love the look of that! Thanks for the update!
Planning on making more of those?

[input80]

Not trying to hijack, just want to post the wife's dual montis, very happy with it:
http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p742/input80/DSC_0004_zpsjybrzatr.jpg (http://s1349.photobucket.com/user/input80/media/DSC_0004_zpsjybrzatr.jpg.html)

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Years ago, had a purple, red & green monti cap that fused and scalloped together like that.

Thanks for the update.

Anthony

[input80]

Did you keep any pics Anthony? Would be cool to see :smile:

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Did you keep any pics Anthony? Would be cool to see :smile:

Sorry, this was before I owned a digital camera.

[jason604]

yes i notice montis can be fused together as well quite easily, but acros are almost impossible. No worries about hijackin i dont mind =P. I will be making a bunch of these fusion frags soon when i have my new tank set up. Stay tuned guys!

[input80]

Sorry, this was before I owned a digital camera.

Not even polaroid? lol

[input80]

Not trying to hijack, just want to post the wife's dual montis, very happy with it:
http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p742/input80/DSC_0004_zpsjybrzatr.jpg (http://s1349.photobucket.com/user/input80/media/DSC_0004_zpsjybrzatr.jpg.html)

Thought I would update, showing growth.
http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p742/input80/DSC_0109_zpsbydmi0b0.jpg (http://s1349.photobucket.com/user/input80/media/DSC_0109_zpsbydmi0b0.jpg.html)

[jason604]

Ooh very nice. Too bad my merging acros died when I upgraded my tank =( I have both green n red monti cap as well Mybe I should try what u did.

[jason604]

Ian I copied ur style with green n red monti plates but I glued it to magnets n attached to my back glass to give it a levitating look in a shape of a heart. I just hope it's combine growth pattern will turn out good.

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b578/kosin604/DA8BBC82-5B50-4447-8874-08EA5AA6C188_zpsiczwnqpv.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/kosin604/media/DA8BBC82-5B50-4447-8874-08EA5AA6C188_zpsiczwnqpv.jpg.html)