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My Candy Cane Coral is Looking Strange |
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08-19-2001, 09:57 PM
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My Candy Cane Coral is Looking Strange
My candy cane coral is developing tubular water filled sacks that hang down 1 to 2 inches. These sacks look like water filled socks or a tubular water balloon (also like a few other things I will not mention!).
Fellow reeflanders, do you think this is natural or do you think the coral has some type of bacterial infection or disease? These sacks look this way 24/7 (not only during daylight or nightime feeding). Thank you.  Last edited by JRoweNole; 08-20-2001 at 09:44 AM. |
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08-20-2001, 09:46 AM
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This is JRoweNole again - here is a picture of the weird looking aspect of my Candy Cane.
Thank you! |
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08-20-2001, 11:29 AM
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I am not the best person to answer this.. BUT.. I hava a leather coral do something similar to what is happening to your coral.. I thought it was dying but it ended up dividing into 2 corals.. So it may just be growing..
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08-21-2001, 11:09 PM
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08-22-2001, 01:33 AM
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I think mines going to die?
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08-22-2001, 06:33 PM
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JroweNole,
I had never seen Candy Cane Coral exhibiting what you are showing in this picture. So I ran it up the flag pole with Dr. Ron who in turn passed it on to Eric Borneman. Well, Eric was extremely interested in it. It turns out that it is a form of reproduction. (Neat) Check out this thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin...763#post226292 Eric would appreciate it if you contact him, as per the thread. Regards, Scott
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08-22-2001, 06:48 PM
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totally cool. i never saw anything like it. reproduction. wow
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08-23-2001, 12:44 AM
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Me and my wife were kind of wondering about ours as it is doing the same thing. This week it is starting to droop down more but not to the magnitude your is. I am excited now !! I guess I will place a rock under it when it drops down more.
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08-23-2001, 12:55 AM
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WOW Awesome pic JRowe!
I have seen other corals in pics b4 use the melting wax appearance to reproduce but never a candycane. I have seen some brain corals in the keys in the wild doing this...it was always a melting looking effect! Definately check out the thread SPASSE has posted! Thanx for the link Scott!
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08-23-2001, 12:38 PM
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WOW!
Awesome pic! I've never seen a candycane reproduce! You just saved a frantic post from me if it ever happens to me! Thanks for the pic!
 Joanne
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08-23-2001, 07:27 PM
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Wow!! So I was pretty close to being right!! Look what I have learned from the wonderful people here at Reefland.com...
Thanks Folks!!! |
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