any Tyree pink sand dollar colony pics?

[organism]

I recently picked up a frag of Tyree's pink sand dollar monti and I'm curious as to the growth form before gluing it down. Is it a plating coral, or does it mainly just encrust? Would love to see some colony pics if anyone has some

 

[d-man]

it plates on mine but just outward not up like red or green monti

 

[jadette]

Here's mine - It encrusts like my sunset monti, but creates more of a skeleton. Almost like a cross-breeding between an encrusting monti and an undata.

I would have to say that I do not like its growth form and it does not "blend in" with my aquascape. Because of this, I placed it on flat piece of live rock on the sandbed and surrounded its awkward edges with zoas. Here's my colony:

Sorry - not the best pic to see the growth form on it. I found this photo (not mine) on a google search and the edges of my colony look EXACTLY like this one:

 

[rchavez]

Wow jadette, that is a cool coral. (top picture)

 

[MammothReefer]

Some of mine.

 

[Tank Girl]

Very nice, I want one now.

 

[a.browning]

Man, that acro is being surrounded!!

 

[HHIreefer843]

Those are some awesome pictures!! I am very jealous

 

[wav0718]

Here is an old pic of mine that I sold when I broke down my tank. I have another frag, (now that I'm back in) that I hope will look just as nice when it grows up

 

[murphreef]

^ mine has a formation like that its about 4" around and started as a rock then plated out really awesome pink polyps and green flesh

 

[xcorallusx]

mine has really long polyps

 

[t4zalews]

one of my favorite SPS pieces....I apologize for the algae

 

[divewsharks]

mine encrusts and plates, but it is also right above the sandbed; so if it were not to plate, it would run straight down into the sand.

 

[jsdancer]

I purchased a frag at world wide corals. Here is mine. I still have not figured out where to place it in my tank.

Is it a light lover like the superman monti?

 

[t4zalews]

Its like a normal encrusting monti, it can handle medium to high light. I've had mine in different ranges over the years and it grew just fine.

 

[organism]

Wow some amazing pics in here, thanks everyone for the replies! Picked a cool spot so we'll see how it settles in, seems to love the LED's so far

 

[jsdancer]

Its like a normal encrusting monti, it can handle medium to high light. I've had mine in different ranges over the years and it grew just fine.

Will it compete for space against another Monti's like the tyree sunset monti or the superman monti?