A very good friend is an importer of corals with all the legal
documentation.  He has large vats of bleach for processing the specimens.  I
can attest for sure that bleach does not dissolve hard corals.

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From: "Martin H. Eastburn" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Cleaning coral specimens


> 1. cautious with bleach - it will take off mildew and dead occupants but
> will dissolve the coral as well.
>
> 2. Thinking of the top of head a  color wheel would be handy.  Think of
> yellow taken out by bluing.
>    I'd try a sample if one broke in shipment...
>
> 3. what does it look like. There are natural pink, and red and black
> naturally.
>
> Martin
>
> GARY FREDRICKSON wrote:
>> Hi,
>> If this is off topic too far I'm sorry. I recently received a large piece
>> of coral that was described by the dealer as not bleached or stabilized.
>> Can anyone tell me the proper procedures,like how to stabilize or even
>> what that means plus what sort of concentration of bleach I should use.
>> It is a shade of grey white at present. I bought it because the only
>> other piece I had that appeared to be related was tinted a delightful
>> shade of pepto-bismol pink. Has anyone had any experience in trying to
>> get rid of the tinting? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>> Gary
>>
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