orange/red digitata turned pink

It may be that I just missed it, but what is the temperature in your
tank? That could be a major factor in the bleaching. Are you sure it
was a digitata and not a Seriotopora sp. ? Any leather corals close
to it?

-Rob

Temps within range at all times. digitata is the name I was told by the
store and this guys knows his stuff. Looking at pics of the Seriotopora, I
wouldn't know the difference if he didn't tell me. I is only pink now, it
didn't start that way nor or the "parent" corals orange back at the store's
tank. No leathers near it. There is a little glass anemone getting close
but not able to touch it yet. I'll be working on that one this weekend.

B


"Buddha Qwan" wrote in message
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It may be that I just missed it, but what is the temperature in your
tank? That could be a major factor in the bleaching. Are you sure it
was a digitata and not a Seriotopora sp. ? Any leather corals close
to it?

-Rob

"digitata" means finger. In other words its a
branching coral. The genus is montipora. So the
species is Montipora digitata. There are however a
lot of different types of montipora. Some, I think
are the same species of montipora. Corals growing in
different environments will grow differently and
this can make it look like a different species. but
anyway that's getting off topic :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


B wrote on 3/14/2007 6:10 PM:
Temps within range at all times. digitata is the name I was told by the
store and this guys knows his stuff.

By the way montipora digitata is the most common
montipora sold. It's nice fast growing coral. It
works great for giving the fish something to swim in
and out of.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


Wayne Sallee wrote on 3/14/2007 7:29 PM:
"digitata" means finger. In other words its a branching coral. The genus
is montipora. So the species is Montipora digitata. There are however a
lot of different types of montipora. Some, I think are the same species
of montipora. Corals growing in different environments will grow
differently and this can make it look like a different species. but
anyway that's getting off topic :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


B wrote on 3/14/2007 6:10 PM:
Temps within range at all times. digitata is the name I was told by
the store and this guys knows his stuff.

Wayne Sallee wrote:
but
anyway that's getting off topic :-)


That's half the usefull stuff here. Please continue to ramble on as much
as you like. It's usefull and interesting.