Yellow Gonipora?

Caesar777 · #1 06/30/2005, 09:12 AM

Do they even exist? I know for a fact that there are brown, green, red, and purple ones (I've seen ones that were red with blue centers--impossible to fake with dye)... BUt what about the yellows? Are they the real thing, or dyed? I've read your article on coral-dyeing, and now I'm really doubting those yellows... I remember you said that Turbinaria, for example, can be several colors, but *never* yellow, so that's an easy one to pick out.

crzy4reefs · #2 06/30/2005, 10:16 AM

i have a yellow one, it has white lil polyps that extend......high flow low light

Caesar777 · #3 06/30/2005, 10:22 AM

Sounds bleached. How long have you had it? Got a pic?

sew · #4 06/30/2005, 02:36 PM

I have seen a goniopora that was a yellowish-green and seemed very natural, it was more like a jewel gonopora, but with a base like the basic green goniopora. They are pretty cool.

Hobster · #5 07/01/2005, 09:37 AM

I have one that is a yellowish/cream color. It is not a bright Sun yellow. It just released a "baby" of a few polyps.

Caesar777 · #6 07/01/2005, 04:42 PM

Pics?

Hobster · #7 07/02/2005, 10:38 AM

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Originally posted by Caesar777
Pics?

I will try and take/post one this afternoon.

Anthony Calfo · #8 07/02/2005, 12:54 PM

There is no such thing as a healthy yellow Goniopora.

I have seen them dyed (more than a few recently), but more often than not they are simply partially bleached (common) green species.

Anthony Calfo · #9 07/02/2005, 12:59 PM

A scrappy pic of a dyed yellow Goniopora.

I've seen other pics of the same here on RC in the past (a couple years ago perhaps).

Caesar777 · #10 07/02/2005, 02:45 PM

Ah-ha! Thank you, Anthony. (Again!)

Hobster · #11 07/03/2005, 04:31 PM

I posted 2 pictures in my gallery. I guess it is more of a greenish, whiteish,creamish yellowish.

I am colorblind anyway. The pic does not do it justice anyway, it is not as washed out as appears. The little baby polyps that it produced are next to it.

If someone would like to pull the pics out of my gallery and post in this thread, please do so.

In Bornemans book of Corals pg 240 under colors:

"Colors range from more common green or brown shades to shades of pink, cream, yellow or gray."

Caesar777 · #12 07/03/2005, 04:36 PM

Hmm... Not really yellow, but it's oddly pale. What do you think, Anthony?

samw · #13 07/03/2005, 04:44 PM

There are 3 yellow ones in this link

http://wetwebmedia.com/gonioporapix.htm

Hobster · #14 07/03/2005, 05:00 PM

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Hmm... Not really yellow, but it's oddly pale. What do you think, Anthony?

As stated, between the lights, flash and camera it is not the best photo. It is darker, Kinda like the color of the dog in your aviatar. What do you think? What color do you have?

Anthony Calfo · #15 07/04/2005, 01:15 AM

not dyed at all... and not yellow to my eyes. Just a pale green

Caesar777 · #16 07/04/2005, 01:50 AM

Hobster - The dog in the avatar is just barely off-whtie, and the photo is in grascale... Perhaps your eyes need to be checked?

Anthony, what about those three from WWM?

Anthony Calfo · #17 07/04/2005, 02:04 AM

they are bleached specimens. This occurs commonly on reefs where species exist at an extreme end of their range then bleach from a slight (or not so slight) stress. But they should be brown or greenish brown, in these examples (particualrly the G. lobata).

Hobster · #18 07/04/2005, 09:50 AM

Hmm..........Dog appears oddly pale. Must be bleached.