dshnarw Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I can't believe there's no montipora pics thread, and thus I think we need one. SHOW ME THOSE MONTI PICS!!!! I'll start: orange nodosa with white polyps: purple undata: kiwi confusa: orange cap: Tyree LE strawberry patch cap: rainbow: rainbow macro: Link to comment
ReeFur Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 sorry for the crappy pics the 20k is really bright Link to comment
circusordie16 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 my purple encrusting monti that i was told is a mollis? my orange cap is too common and my superman doesnt have good enough colors for pictures yet. Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Blue Polyp Purple Monti Cap front right, Orange Monti Cap growing on rock behind it. Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 nice montis everyone! my purple encrusting monti that i was told is a mollis? my orange cap is too common and my superman doesnt have good enough colors for pictures yet. Looks like it could be a mollis. I have a hard time telling them apart until they've grown out enough to see the morphology. I need to get pics of my two big colonies tomorrow... Link to comment
junkitu Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I got this frag from a buddy and I'm trying to grow it out. I'm not sure of the common name but I'm calling it a "reverse pokerstar" monti: Barney purple montipora digitata: Link to comment
shaggydoo541 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I've got quite a few montis but not that many pics of them I'm afraid. Plus a lot of my SPS are hating life right now because I'm taking them on a wild ride through ca/alk can't balance land. Here is what I have pics of though. Not the best pic and this piece is now about 3x as big. This one actually is in a friends tank Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 I like how it mixes in with the zoas. Nice macro shots, too. Wish mine were that nice. Here's my two big colonies (1" frag plugs for scale): orange-polyped. I think verrucosa? purple-base, orange centered polyps (approximately 10" by 10", 4" tall in the center) These had been sitting at an LFS in Kentucky for nearly a year. I watched them grow and encrust all over the bottom of the tank, pieces broken off for sale. I got a couple of small frags of them when I moved to MD. They were still there when I visited my parents for Christmas and, oddly, I kind of missed watching them (and the vermetid snails in each) grow. So I got them and I'll make frags as they grow out. Link to comment
AdriftQuasar Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Not only do I appreciate the wonderful pictures, I really dig the thread title too. Link to comment
H7brandi Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 From my b/f's 100 gallon...this piece really isn't impressive in color, but it is close to a foot across. Link to comment
spanko Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 From my b/f's 100 gallon...this piece really isn't impressive in color, but it is close to a foot across. What, very impressive color and size. Beautiful pc. My Superman Some type of green orange Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 I really dig the thread title too. It seemed rather fitting Link to comment
megan Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Go check out the tank of the month at Reef Central! Crazy!!! Link to comment
roxy25 Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 At the long beach aquarium Just went on sunday enjoy Link to comment
glennr1978 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 wow, you guys have some really nice monti's Link to comment
ThatsFishy69 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 do these grow on themselves? or only on what they touch, i have a frag on a tile and it covered to the end will it keep going or is that it till it touches something else. Link to comment
syntax_error Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 I was waiting for a monti thread...why doesn't all montis grow like a plate (ex: Audioadicts 2nd pic above)? Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 do these grow on themselves? or only on what they touch, i have a frag on a tile and it covered to the end will it keep going or is that it till it touches something else. They will keep growing. Some species are plating or branching, and they'll cover the frag, then start to make a plate outwards or branch up and out. Others are mainly encrusting, and will grow down the sides and essentially over itself and outwards until it reaches something else. I was waiting for a monti thread...why doesn't all montis grow like a plate (ex: Audioadicts 2nd pic above)? It's species and flow/light dependent. Some species just don't grow that way. Others do only when the conditions are right for it. Chalk it up to God or evolution or whatever you happen to believe in. Nice pics everyone - I especially like those combo plating types. Link to comment
H7brandi Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Does the so called "superman" monti come in a plating variety or only encrusting? Link to comment
spanko Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 I was told that my superman was and encrusting type. Link to comment
dshnarw Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 The "true" superman monti is an ecruster (although there is also a superman Montipora digitata as well). Just as a side note for those interested in the naming/classification, superman monti is being called Montipora danae, but M. danae is primarily a plate/column forming species. So, superman monti is most likely NOT M. danae. Link to comment
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