If you could create a dream coral, what would it be?

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Imagine you were able to make a brand-new species of coral what would you want it to be like? Maybe you want an acro with these fancy colors on it or a new type of Monti with a unique look to it etc.. Curious to see what everyone says!
 

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I wish the tropical corals would evolve to live off the coast of California so we could have beautiful reef corals here. Traveling is a pain but there is enough beautiful stuff already growing where the water is warm.

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A torch like coral with longer tenticles, grew faster, very hardy, came in a very very wide range of colors.

Even one that has a bunch of colors in one.

One that has orange tenticles that fades to blue ends with red tips.
 

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Imagine you were able to make a brand-new species of coral what would you want it to be like? Maybe you want an acro with these fancy colors on it or a new type of Monti with a unique look to it etc.. Curious to see what everyone says!
An invincible, one that does not die
 

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I want something that could bioluminenscence.
This is the way.

I have long dreamed of luminescent corals... Did you know it’s now a reality for plants? You can buy them here! I bought a couple, eagerly awaiting shipment
You could probobly genetic modyfy a coral to have some luminescent gene or something.

Use xina as a test coral.
There are some soft corals (octocorals) that can, actually - sea pansies (Renilla spp.) for example, are bioluminescent (they're tough to come by in the hobby these days, but they have been kept before); sea pens (another kind of octocoral) are also bioluminescent, but they're much more difficult to keep by all accounts that I've heard.

For me, though, I think I'd go with a something like an Acanthophyllia that can move and reproduce via budding.

Edit: Might as well make it bioluminescent too.
 

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There are some soft corals (octocorals) that can, actually - sea pansies (Renilla spp.) for example, are bioluminescent (they're tough to come by in the hobby these days, but they have been kept before); sea pens (another kind of octocoral) are also bioluminescent, but they're much more difficult to keep by all accounts that I've heard.

For me, though, I think I'd go with a something like an Acanthophyllia that can move and reproduce via budding.

Edit: Might as well make it bioluminescent too.
Sadly you can't find any of thoes for sale.

I just looked up the octo and sea pens they look super cool but can't find them.

Just like the sea fan.


Maybe I should change my coral to a sea fan. One of the big flat ones that are highly illegal for whatever reason
You cant keep them but you can sell giant dead ones.
 

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