Brianemone Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 can i "graft" in a second type of calustrea to my current colony?? the new typ is a neon green and quite nice or will they sting each other?? (by graft i mean putty the stems together so that it looks like part of the original) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 You can glue anything to anything. They will always be different animals (like tieing a crocodile to a lion) and will fight until one dies. Remember coral is an animal not a plant. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted January 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 thanks for the info anyone else?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted January 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 wouldnt it be like a normal lion and a white lion glued togther? or does the colour difference mean its a completly different species? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Most corals can detect 'like' which is a duplicate of themself. Infact is probably more accurate to say that a coral can't detect like, just different. As soon as a different coral is detected, the war begins. Like Acropora, 2 Acropora next to each other will fight until often only one is left. 2 different colonies of the same species will fight with each other. Remeber when you frag a coral or it buds off, its a EXACT duplicate (clone) of the parent, differences are only created when sexual reproduction happens. You can get different colours of the same species, however because they will be different animals they will still fight with each other (you can't join a green and blue acro together for example). Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted January 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 cool, ill give them a bit of space then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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