Dyed Corals!!!! Don't buy them!!!

[Captainhemo]

Hi
I keep reading about all these dyed corals and not to buy thme etc etc. Can someone tell us ralitvily new " keepers" what exactly we should be looking for and what corals are most commonly subjected to this practice ? I am ralitively new to all this and have been purchasing some of my first corals. , Now I'm wondering if I've been buying anything that is dyed w/o even knowing it I'd really appreciate any tips/pointere anyone can give regarding what to watch for and any particular coral that maybe dyed

TIA

[Quinn]

The WWM link in the first post of the thread is probably the best place to start.

[albert_dao]

Common dyed corals:

Yellow toadstool leathers (if you can get someone to touch it and yellow rubs off on their fingures, dyed)
Yellow, purple, blue, red, green colt corals (no such thing)
"Candy" yellow pagoda corals (Again, rub test usually works)
Non-irridescent, single colored fungia (red, purple usually. if the skin of the coral looks 'funny' under atinics compared to normal corals -- think star polyps -- suspect dye)
Straight yellow goniopora (No such thing as far as I've seen)

Originally Posted by saltcreep

Autopsy...how about a blender and a really good lab.

what he said....

[ghztew]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

I hate seeing this happen...realy nice hot pink colt coral in a bag of really hot pink water!! Gee, how did the water get pink? My LFS would rather not believe me when I tell them this.
no,no,no, they say, this is the neon pink sub-species....very rare and expensive. Of course, they're always the first pieces to sell!!

Yeah I'm really happy to see LFS owners discouraging this practice. I made the mistake of not fully researching a Colt coral purchase and mistakenly bought a "special yellow colt coral" from a LFS here in Victoria. I went as far as going back to the store a few times to let them know the colour had disappeared, that I was sure it had been dyed etc.. and they stood firm that they had sold me a legitimate yellow colt.

It's unfortunate that the aquatics business is the way it is here in Victoria..

[Invigor]

I picked up a super neon green leather coral from pc a while back.. it melted, disintegrated, and now it's grown back as what it used to look like when I first bought it....but now it looks like a normal leather coral...

I find it pretty neat that it died and somehow regrew again.