Yellow Jewel

[abflug22]

Saw couple of yellow jewel @ I-Aqua.

Wondering if they are artificially injected?

Are all yellow LPS dyed?

PLs advise

[flamey]

in my limited knowledge i believe they are dyed..

[RAV-65]

they are dyed... no such thing as a yellow gonio...

[marineplanet]

Agree it dyed colour

[williammuk]

This topic bring up a related question I've being wanting to ask.

How do one know what colours are naturally available for Gonioporas?

Any advise? Comments?

[RAV-65]

This topic bring up a related question I've being wanting to ask.

How do one know what colours are naturally available for Gonioporas?

Any advise? Comments?

I dunno wat are all the natural colours for gonios, but normally dyed corals have stain marks of the dye... i.e. during the dyeing process, the dye stains the rock at the same time... so easy to tell if it's dye, coz if the rock also yellow, not natural right?? Also, like some of the dyed cup corals, u can use ur hand to rub it and the dye/paint come off and ur finger got yellow stain!!

[abflug22]

hmmm I saw a light purple color wan @ Iwarna display , reckon is tat ORIGINAL ?

seems like yellow is a definite off color...

[iantoh]

hi all. just my two cents worth. they're actually yellow variants to goniopora sp. though these are certainly more rare. along with the dying of anemones to render them more saleable, gonioporas have been known to be dyed too, but like bro RAV-65 said, these are usually easy to distinguish with the dyed colours being very bright, or the rockwork being stained too. pls check these pics out, especially the yellow one off Queensland Australia- http://www.wetwebmedia.com/gonioporapix.htm

cheers all

[RAV-65]

Hmmm... seems that Bro iantoh is right... there IS a goniopora sp. that is yellow!!

Was told when I was a newbie by a very senior reefer that there's NO such thing as a yellow gonopora!

Bro iahtoh... thanxs for enlightening me!

[prec]

yellow gonio only found in aus's GBR? i dont think any shipment comes from there right? anyway dyed corals tend to lose their coloration over time and thus will be able to see that its not natural color.