Strange morph in my setosa

[seminolecpa]

My setosa colony appears to be developing green streaks in it along the sides. Will see if I can capture it in a picture but it is definately within the coral itself and not just something else growing along side of it. The color is similar to the green of a green slimer.

Has anyone else noticed this on their setosa pieces?

 

[GreshamH]

sounds like it got "infected" with the "super" green zooxanthellae

 

[kvosstra]

probably a bacterial infection containing GFP.

 

[Radiolunatic]

Oh nooo !!!! You might hit jackpot?
Future Tyree LE? Bryan Grafted Setosa ???

 

[Ibn]

Flash it to see if you can capture at least some of the 'green'.

 

[Gomer]

if GFP, you can get a good picture for it by only having actinic lights on.

 

[seminolecpa]

Yeah it is very apparant with the actinics on. Good picture and I do not typically go hand in hand though.

 

[Radiolunatic]

Bryan,

Just curious, do you have green neon pocilapora in the tank? It seems many of grafted SPS got it from pocillapora.

 

[seminolecpa]

Pocillapora is almost as much of a coral non gratis as birdsnest in my tank.

 

[seminolecpa]

Flash it to see if you can capture at least some of the 'green'.

I think I just need to bribe a professional to shoot it

 

[Ibn]

Haha. I heard that someone might be making a trip up the peninsula this weekend on the way to Berkeley perhaps.

 

[seminolecpa]

Said person should make sure he brings his camera

 

[Ibn]

Here you go, B. This looks better in person, but oh wells.

Look hard and you'll see. The piece isn't exactly parallel to the front pane.

Actinics

 

[Sfork]

wow that's pretty cool that corals can get "infected" with other corals zoos

 

[seminolecpa]

Nice shot Eric. Yeah it is a little shy. Hoping it will show itself a little more very soon. I have it right below that strawberry patch acro and it really does look like some of the neon green literally dripped off of it onto the setosa.

 

[GreshamH]

wow that's pretty cool that corals can get "infected" with other corals zoos

Zoas for zoazanthellea and zoas for zoanthids. (sorry pet peeve - there is no animal that starts with zoo in the MO hobby).

 

[seminolecpa]

How about zooplankton


ok I am reaching.

 

[GreshamH]

That is not an animal but rather a type of plankton. You also don't say Zoo in place of zooplankton

 

[Gomer]

lets just be cool and spell it with an X.

 

[sfsuphysics]

Zooxanthellae vs zoazanthellea

Funky British spelling?