Looking for Monti Spongodes

[oz07]

Looking for something bigger than a small frag - let meknow what you have price and size. Thanks!

 

[GW81]

you might want to check with MarineFishguy. If i remember correctly, he might have one.

 

[MarineFishGuy]

Mine grows like crazy.
I started with a golf ball size piece a year ago and today it is the size of a softball.

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[jiriki]

I might be interested in one as well MF if you have another one to sell.

 

[szwab]

I need to trim mine back it's currently about 14" in diameter. (Plenty for large frags )
here's a pic.

 

[MarineFishGuy]

The image is a little dark, I didn't have time this morning to edit it.
The Clown Goby is about 1.5" long.

This Spongodes has grown many fingers creating an interesting branching look.
I have seen others that were more encrusting with less branching.

I keep it about 6-7" below the water surface under a Hamilton 14K 250w SE.

It sits in the front of my SPS Garden and does not fight with the Tort behind it or leather to it's left.
The skin is a golden yellow with nice big brown polyps.

As you can see it is the Clown Goby's favorite because it has so many perches.

 

[jiriki]

I think the ones that encrust but do not grow fingers are Montipora Confusa. They otherwise look almost identical. It's just a different type of growth. (I think)

 

[szwab]

water flow may be a determining fator as well. High flow = less fingers.

Mine has areas of both.

 

[Norm R]

I have both confusa and spongodes (at least that is what I purchased them as) and they both have fingers...actually the confusa has more...but who knows if they were properly identified.

 

[jiriki]

Googling doesn't help. I'm not positive. Genetics had both and he identified the non-finger version as Confusa and the ones with fingers with Spongodes. If he's still cruising these boards, maybe he can help.

 

[Norm R]

Like szwab said...it seems flow affects the growth of fingers...imagine this is true for both of them.