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09/04/2005, 07:55 PM
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Bleached or Special M Digitata??
Hi everyone,
I like montipora digitatas... Anyways, i was checking out frags.org, and i noticed this one.  Well, is this a bleached out monti??? Or is this a "white M digi" ??? Is there such a thing as a white montipora digitata?? What do you guys think??? Steve Helinski |
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09/04/2005, 08:49 PM
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You saw that for sale on Frags.org? That's completely dead.
Here's the link: http://frags.org/memberfragdetails.php?fid=2674 |
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#5
09/04/2005, 09:01 PM
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for 26 bucks.... kinda cheap, why not 25.
Anyways........ i guess dead |
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09/04/2005, 10:06 PM
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I have some of that I'll sell you for $20....let me just go take it out of the water....
lol, seriously man....that digitata doesn't look so hot. -MatthewM
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#8
09/04/2005, 10:22 PM
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Shipping should be cheaper since you won't have to pay to overnight any water with it...
I use dead digi branches to mount frags to, but that's kinda' spendy. |
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09/04/2005, 11:50 PM
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lol, don't know but he says
wite skelton white polops so it can't be dead right  sam
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#11
09/05/2005, 01:19 PM
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probally bleached
receved a few frags looked dead about 2 weeks later they are starting to get color
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#12
09/05/2005, 01:28 PM
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I have some Stylo white on white ......But the tips are pink...and ...its alive
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09/05/2005, 01:49 PM
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well, i was pretty sure it was bleached, however, a few months ago, i saw an amazing looking coral at a LFS. It was like a branching/encrusting monti, that was alive, and it was creamy milky color. The guy that runs the LFS is an absolute expert, and all the people in the local club like and respect him. Well, he said this coral was from Germany, and was not for sale. I had never seen anything like it, and i wondered perhaps if this coral was similiar.
When you think about it, how neat would a "true" white colored coral look among all the other colorful sps. It would really stand out, dont you think? So, you guys all think its just dead or totally bleached huh? I wonder why the seller/trader still has it listed then? Steve |
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#14
09/05/2005, 02:44 PM
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Most (not all) white sps corals even living are usually just color loss. I've seen them take up to 4 months to regain color. So just because it's been in the store for 2 months as white and still living with polyps doesn't necessarily mean it's a white coral. I had a purple digi that was bleached white for a few months. Finally, it just began to brown up and hopefully should color up again soon.
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09/05/2005, 04:06 PM
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my monti lost its color and looks like that, but the polyps come out still, im just hoping it will get its color back soon cause cant the coral starve or something with out the algae? I think it lost its color when i had an alk problem.
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09/05/2005, 06:43 PM
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I believe rainbowcorals.com has a white digitata that they used to sell frags of. I saw several white digis come in from bali aquaculture last year.
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09/05/2005, 11:12 PM
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i have a montipora that is white with purple poylps. it came in pure white with purple poylps but turn yellowish/brownish in my system but still kept the purple poylps. but in the last 2 month the body is turning back to the white color. it's a nice looking monti.
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09/06/2005, 06:01 AM
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I wouldn't buy a white coral, unless I was observing it's health in person.
Pale or light colored ... I've seen those. But pure white IMO means a lack of Zooxanthellae. Sure, a coral can recover from bleaching/zoox-loss ... but it's long, slow, and a chance. [why buy a weakened coral that's likely to change color?]
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#23
09/06/2005, 07:37 AM
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Definitely it is bleached. I have 1 right now in my tank. Its still alive, with polyps also white in color. For a sps to turn from brown to colour is easy. But from white to colour, from my experience, i dont think so.
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#24
09/06/2005, 08:07 AM
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lol... it was from germany? Those crazy germans! I knew they were hiding tropical reefs there somewhere!!!!! Bet is in eastern germany right? LOL jk
 looks dead as a doornail to me....
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09/06/2005, 08:30 AM
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