Jbrock183 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 My partner has got to be the biggest jerk that ever lived. I just started a nano reef tank and I've been adding a new frag every week. We had a fight and he thought he would be nice and buy me a new frag. It was a half ass attempt. I've clearly told him I can only handle easy corals and when I asked what kind it was he said "I don't know". It was still in the bag and looked kind of like an acropora (I think. I'm still new). Anyway when I tried to take it out of the bag it fell apart and pieces of what look like green moss flew everywhere. It's on a plug that looks like a thumb shaped cork screw that could only possibly be placed in the sand. All that remains on the plug (which is a good inch taller than my sandbed) is an ugly shriveled nub about 2 inches long that is covered in this hairy green moss looking stuff. It's very ugly and I'm not even close to being sure what it could be. IF it is an acropora I'm sure I'm not able to care for it since my tank is very young and they sound difficult to keep. Anyone? I'm very very upset so if someone could identify this and offer a shred of hope and reassurance I would greatly appreciate it. Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Here is what's left of the ugly thing. Do you think he's making fun of me? Link to comment
atrox Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Looks like a cat turd Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 That definitely doesn't make me feel better. Link to comment
ChickenoftheC Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 it looks like he brought you a dead coral covered in algae to be a jerk... but really i have no idea. if my partner came home with that id be seriously questioning his motives. no one goes to buy a gift and comes back with anything that ugly. Link to comment
Mariaface Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Peroxide it in a separate container to kill the algae and then wait and see what happens? I dunno. Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 So is it fair to assume that is definitely algae Link to comment
Mariaface Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 So is it fair to assume that is definitely algae Well, it's algae covering something. And corals can take months to recover and decide to come back to life. You never know? Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 He says it didn't look like that when he picked it out. He says it has branches like a cactus. I'm not sure I believe that. Link to comment
Mariaface Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 He says it didn't look like that when he picked it out. He says it has branches like a cactus. I'm not sure I believe that. I feel like this is too intricate for a lie; are you still upset in general? Anyway, just clean it up and see what's underneath! It'll be a nice surprise! :] And if the algae has choked out the coral underneath, then hey: free decorative coral skeleton and/or semi-porous skeleton for bacteria and stuff to settle into or encrusting coral to grow over! Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 good point. Thanks! But yes. I am still upset in general. Link to comment
atrox Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Hell my wife could give a a flying you know what about this hobby, why not consider it a good gesture instead of crucifying him. What if his intentions were good. Take a better picture so Wr can identify what you got there. Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Okay. I'll get some better pictures. Link to comment
Formula462 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I've seen thousands upon thousands of coral in my day. No idea what that is. Looks like a dead stylo maybe. Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Sinc it isn't doing well I was afraid to do a peroxide dip so I put some peroxide on a qtip and managed to get most of what looks like algae off - but not all. Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 I'm starting to see some sign of life. A few pink bud like things on the back. Link to comment
clownfitch Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Who would by a coral covered in green algae and possibly think it is alive? And if he said it wasn't that way when he picked it up... then that is a world record for the time it took for that algae to grow. I would say he is definitely pulling your chain. If algae can grow on it then the tissue is gone which means dead polyps. If the entire skeleton was covered with algae then all of the tissue is gone meaning the frag is likely dead. If there is some tissue left however, it could over a long period of time start to regrow itself from that tissue so long as at least one polyps remains. Just my $.02 Link to comment
Arkayology Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 lol. I hope your partner didn't pay too much for that (anything more than free is robbery) Link to comment
charnelhouse Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Ok, I'm calling BS/Troll. #17 pics obviously have more algae on the frag than #16 pics. We're being had here. Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Being bad? That ridiculous. Not sure where that came from but totally inaccurate and unnecessary. I'm asking for help not more BS- Troll! Whatever! Anyway, for those of you with more constructive input, I took the coral back. The owner took one look and apologized then helped me pick out another. So I picked a very beautiful piece but can't for the life of me remember what he called it. It hasn't quite come back out but it kinda reminded me of a blue Christmas tree with green flickering lights. So what's this? Link to comment
Jbrock183 Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 I got 3 nice pieces on a piece of rubble. Link to comment
PiscesFish Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Looks like it could either be a Pavona or a Leptastrea Link to comment
atrox Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Hahaha you traded I turd for three turds. What's this lfs called? I have some ideas. Coral Crap Frag fu&@ Up Slap yo mama corals. This is one of the more creative troll threads though. Slow clap......clap........clap........clap Link to comment
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