Hi all,
I just came back from Myrtle Beach where we froze all week, albeit not as bad as here. During one of our walks on the beach during low tide our friends found a small piece (4") of what appeared to be an orange type of coral - maybe a fan coral? Anyway, when he showed it to me it still seemed "fresh" as if it was a broken piece that had just tumbled into shore. My friend wanted to keep it as it would dry out and make a nice piece of dead coral but I was somewhat curious if it might still be alive. With his permission, I cut a piece of it off and filled a bottle of sea water and put it in there. That was yesterday and now I'm home with a cut piece of what I think may be some type of coral. I will ask my friend to take a pic of the main piece and send it to me so I can upload it here tomorrow to see if we can identify it. In the meantime, I wouldn't mind some early feedback regardless of the type of coral it might or might not be, if trying to rescue a piece directly from the ocean is an okay idea or am I inviting trouble?
I will try to get back online tomorrow am with a pic of the main piece found and the small piece I cut to attempt to frag.
PS where did all this snow come from.....
I just came back from Myrtle Beach where we froze all week, albeit not as bad as here. During one of our walks on the beach during low tide our friends found a small piece (4") of what appeared to be an orange type of coral - maybe a fan coral? Anyway, when he showed it to me it still seemed "fresh" as if it was a broken piece that had just tumbled into shore. My friend wanted to keep it as it would dry out and make a nice piece of dead coral but I was somewhat curious if it might still be alive. With his permission, I cut a piece of it off and filled a bottle of sea water and put it in there. That was yesterday and now I'm home with a cut piece of what I think may be some type of coral. I will ask my friend to take a pic of the main piece and send it to me so I can upload it here tomorrow to see if we can identify it. In the meantime, I wouldn't mind some early feedback regardless of the type of coral it might or might not be, if trying to rescue a piece directly from the ocean is an okay idea or am I inviting trouble?
I will try to get back online tomorrow am with a pic of the main piece found and the small piece I cut to attempt to frag.
PS where did all this snow come from.....