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Posted: September 27 2007 at 10:14am |
Has anyone ever seen a dyed coral live more than about 10 days?
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 10:23am |
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What corals are typically dyed?
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 10:29am |
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I haven't ever seen a dyed coral...
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 10:34am |
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You aren't talking about about bleached coral, right?
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 11:09am |
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I have seen dyed anemones.
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 11:20am |
Like the dyed sinularia, sarcophyton, alveopora, goniopora, klyxum, etc...
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 11:24am |
There is a lot of this going on in Southern Cali-fornia. I believe they are dying zoas too.
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 12:53pm |
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I have heard of dying corals. I've only heard negative things about it though. Mostly anemones but I did hear of them trying it on others. Is there any information on whether it's harmful or causes negative effects?
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 1:02pm |
The color doesn't last. Over the period of 1-3 months the color slowly reverts to the original. I don't know about long term damage.
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 1:10pm |
I know they have tried to dye Faviets, mushrooms, most every LPS. Most die .. some live but like mike said .. the color will slowly fade away ... what happens is they try it on coral that has been in there holding tanks too long .. they try and sell them as "2nd grade" SPS because they all turned brown or other unsightly colors .. so in order for them to get there money back out they try and dye them.
Not a good idea ... 99.9% of Condis are dyed ... I think and I cant be sure there but the only anom. that are not dyed are bubble tips ...
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 1:42pm |
I have seen quite a few dyed corals. They are essential bleached, so they have about the same survivability as a bleached coral, which is okay if you have the proper environment. Many of these corals a dyed right before shipping which stresses them out even more, and can lead to a high mortality rate.
In short I have seen many live past 10 days, but I would stay away from dyed corals.
Oh, and I don't think I have ever seen a dyed Condylactis. Usually the corals that I see that are dyed are soft corals ( Sinularia).
Edited by Jake Pehrson - September 27 2007 at 2:36pm
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 1:48pm |
Who needs dyed corals when you have Photoshop? 
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 1:57pm |
 jfinch wrote:
Who needs dyed corals when you have Photoshop? |
PhotoShop is tough to learn. I bet dyeing corals is easier.
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 12:11am |
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I have never seen any dyed SPS im not even sure how you could even do that.
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 12:22am |
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This is another reason to buy aqua cultured corals ... they seem to hold there color a lot better in our little glass cages ...
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