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[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

I will wage a friendly bet that greenish base stylo will eventually turn pink.

When corals are shipped they are stressed and tend to drop some zooanthelia making them look bleached and more vibrant in colour. I've seen many shipments with super intense colour, as they settle in they start to get abit darker more normal looking.

A popular technique is to grow or harvest corals from deeper water, let them settle in shallow water to bleach a bit, making them very vibrant, then ship. They will usually revert back to their darker color once in a tank.

[TimT]

To maintain the pink it requires a lot of light. I have vibrant pink Birdsnest here that I have had culturing in tank for well over 3 yrs and in lower light it starts to go green.

I have seen coral farms from 2 meters deep to 5 - 8 meters deep. The reason for deeper farms is to prevent damage from storm surge and cyclones.

If you want to check out Walt's Coral farm here is a link to his website. Lots of cool pics!!!

http://www.waltsmith.com/Aquaculture/CoralFarming.htm

Cheers,
Tim

[tang daddy]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

A popular technique is to grow or harvest corals from deeper water, let them settle in shallow water to bleach a bit, making them very vibrant, then ship. They will usually revert back to their darker color once in a tank.

Is it called the shake and bake technique?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

Is it called the shake and bake technique?

Perhaps