Random experiment. Totally amazing results

[Doug]

Nice. A purple hulk...

[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]

Originally Posted by 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?

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



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]

Originally Posted by Doug

Nice. A purple hulk...

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

[jason604]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

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

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! limited edition! I think the price just went up again. Lol

[jason604]

Originally Posted by 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! 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]

Originally Posted by 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

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 =)