Saved Colt Coral from LFS - Pictures

Hey there, just wanted to share some pictures of my Colt Coral that I rescued from the LFS. (I always enjoy pictures, so I thought I would share).;D

Here is a picture of it when I picked it up:


I picked up two of them and they both pretty much were bleach white and really small. Here is a picture of them after being in my tank for about a month:



And one more of the tank inhabitants:


Enjoy!!

 

Awsome. Colt corals are pretty cool...they grow a bit fast though hah. Mine once took up 1/3 of the tank...yikes hah. What kind of lighting was it under in the store? Glad to see another coral saved by a 3reef member.

 

On the tank that these corals were in, I think they were using Compact Flourescent... which is what I"m using, so I don't think it had anything to do with the lighting.. or maybe they just placed them too low in the tanks. Who knows.

 

I never knew a colt coral could bleach white. I just thought that if they weren't happy, they'd just tighten up/melt or disinegrate.

 

Any photosynthetic coral or animal can and will bleach, if not under optimal conditions as the zooxanthellae contained within the corals tissue is represented by a brownish pigment thus giving many corals the brownish color to their tissue...hence, if the conditions aren't favorable, corals will lose their zooxanthellae causing the coloration to either fade thus the bleached appearance, or the coral will take on their pigmented coloration that helps to protect the corals delicate tissue from UV radiation!

 

Congrats on the find! Also, I'm always glad when I see ppl in this hobby taking the time to nurse corals back to health from the brink of death.