juniorzc123
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Hey, just wondering if someone could identify this leather i got?... it is really really purple.. the pic doesnt do it justice...
Can someone identify this leather?
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pbienkiewi
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it looks like a colt coral
juniorzc123
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thanks... just picked him up and he wasnt labled...
puffer32
Active Member
Originally Posted by MichaelTX
looks like a colt but I cant find anything on the purple color excpet on the auction site. I am curious if maybe this is a dyed colt coral which isnt unheard of.
maybe someone else can say weither or not that there is a actual purple colt coral.
Mike
I was thinking the same thing about it being dyed. I seen alot of that lately/ Especially on livestock with no labels.
looks like a colt but I cant find anything on the purple color excpet on the auction site. I am curious if maybe this is a dyed colt coral which isnt unheard of.
maybe someone else can say weither or not that there is a actual purple colt coral.
Mike
I was thinking the same thing about it being dyed. I seen alot of that lately/ Especially on livestock with no labels.
reefforbrains
Active Member
I have also been seeing alot of false colors corals in the past weeks so its hard to say.
Colts DO grow in nice colors of pinks and purples like shown. Hopefully this is just purple by nature. Nice specimen.
Colts DO grow in nice colors of pinks and purples like shown. Hopefully this is just purple by nature. Nice specimen.
juniorzc123
New Member
the only thing that makes me believe it is not died... is the fact that its not one solid color... it has deep purple tips and then it goes white to pink... its not at all one solid color...They had another one at the lfs that was more white and just a touch of pink to it... this ones colors just seemed more vibrant..
michaeltx
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actually that could show signs of it being dyed because the color will eventually start to fade out and start to get its original color back. That why so many people are disapointed when they buy something one color and a few months later its changeing colors.
ask the LFS where its origin is from or see if they can find out from their suppliers.
mike
ask the LFS where its origin is from or see if they can find out from their suppliers.
mike
juniorzc123
New Member
I contacted the lfs i bought it from and they swore it is just a very colorful pink cladiella... which yes would be a pink colt after i researched it... they said the get them in every once in a while and this one was a little more rare due to its purple tips... so i guess i just hope for the best and the color wont fade...
anonome
Active Member
Good way to test if it is dyed or not.....my skimmer sucked out yellow dye for about a week when I bought a yellow figi leather that was definately dyed....way too bright. A newbe mistake with corals, saltwater tanks with fish only are one thing reef tanks are quite another thing. The good thing is that it survived the ordeal and is happy living in my tank today...3 years later. Good luck with it. The picture enclosed is of it now, I didn't now about this site then....sure wish I had.
reefkprz
Active Member
Originally Posted by NVMYCJ
Is this literal? Do the stores really inject dye into these corals, or did I just pull a Jessica Simpson,......
Occasionally some more disreputable sellers will dip dye corals. they antagonize the coral to close up(expeeling most of the water in it) place it into the dye and as the coral reinflated the dye is sucked in and it can take quite a while for the dye to fade and the coral sometimes dies from this.
Is this literal? Do the stores really inject dye into these corals, or did I just pull a Jessica Simpson,......
Occasionally some more disreputable sellers will dip dye corals. they antagonize the coral to close up(expeeling most of the water in it) place it into the dye and as the coral reinflated the dye is sucked in and it can take quite a while for the dye to fade and the coral sometimes dies from this.
joojoo
Member
Originally Posted by reefkprZ
Occasionally some more disreputable sellers will dip dye corals. they antagonize the coral to close up(expeeling most of the water in it) place it into the dye and as the coral reinflated the dye is sucked in and it can take quite a while for the dye to fade and the coral sometimes dies from this.
I thought they were injected, but that sounds like a good way to do it... if it were a good idea to dye a coral...
Occasionally some more disreputable sellers will dip dye corals. they antagonize the coral to close up(expeeling most of the water in it) place it into the dye and as the coral reinflated the dye is sucked in and it can take quite a while for the dye to fade and the coral sometimes dies from this.
I thought they were injected, but that sounds like a good way to do it... if it were a good idea to dye a coral...
