Pagoda cup coral

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  1. david

    david Peppermint Shrimp

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    O.K. check this out!
    Long ago when I bought my B.T.A. it came home on a dead pagoda cup coral skeleton. The skeleton had little patches of living coral on it here and there and they said that it was on it's way out. When I got it home the B.T.A. moved off it the first night and since I don't have alot in my tank I could afford this "dead coral" a sweet spot in the tank it has been like 1 1/2
    years since it has been in there and it has grown. One of the mods actually classified it for me. I guess I always had some hope of it becoming whole again but I knew that was a long shot and many years away! But...
    Now I see the pieces around the edges of the skeleton are turing into little pagodas all themselves instead of growing onto the old skeleton they are forming new ones and growing off the skeleton! This is cool but what will happen to the little pieces that are in the middle of the cup and are still alive on the old skeleton? Has anyone ever seen this before?
     
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  3. david

    david Peppermint Shrimp

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    There are pics of this coral all over this site but here are a few to show you what I mean
    Here is this piece soon after I got it home like the second day
     
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    david Peppermint Shrimp

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    Pretty dead huh!
    here it is today not alot bigger but some deffenately more healthy
     
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    this is the last one I just took it maybe later I'll get a better one
    this is the biggest piece on the left looking up under it all that is coming up off the old skeleton is new
     
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  7. Craig Manoukian

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    Way cool! I moved this thread to the Coral from the Invert forum.
     
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    so what will happen to the little pieces in the middle? I have heard I should use a toothbrush on the old skeleton is this true?
    will it make it spread quicker? or hurt it?
    thanks
     
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    O.K. craig I don't know why I posted it in inverts? Brain cramp :p
     
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    It's right next to the Invert forum and its easy to scroll to the next option when seleting a forum. Either that or a bump on the head, eh?
     
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