noy's Montipora Collection

[noy]

Monti caps (capricornis)


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closeup of red monti cap showing small polyp animals
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really should take a recent picture of this - much bigger now

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[noy]

Monitpora Confusa


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closeup showing polyps
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[noy]

confuse - showing branching growth and polyps

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Montipora Nauti
still on frag rack
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Encrusting Montipora

Rainbow Montipora
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Montipora Septosa
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Fire Engine Monti
still healing the surface should be a light green
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Sunset Monti
got stung by a euphyllia - not sure if it will make it
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Monti Pokestar
also stung by same euphyllia - had seen better days - got knocked over and was buried in substrate for weeks
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Orange Pavona
not a monti but pretty cool anyways!
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[noy]

Branching Montis (and other forms)

Branching form of Montipora Undata - haven't really ever seen this before

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Montipora Undata - plating form - more common (imo)
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Red Montipora Digitata
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close up of German Blue Montipora Digitata
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Montipora (sp?)
think its some form of septosa - would love some input
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larger branch
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Montipora Stellata
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Montipora Capitata
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[noy]

Montipora Digitata

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[Al G]

Nice Pieces! "septosa" is actually Setosa. Just drop the "P".
Your Fire engine Monti isn't a monti at all. That's a meteor shower cyphastrea. A good piece, just not a monti. Hope they grow well for you.

 

[Al G]

Oh yeah, the other monti in question is a Green Digitatta with orange polyps. some peolpe call is forrest fire digi.

 

[noy]

thanks for the info AI G!

 

[brad65ford]

I pray your tank never sees any MEN. I love montis so much and those little bugs can really upset your goal. Love the undata its one of my favorites.

 

[Chappy]

Awesome. How about a full tank shot?

 

[noy]

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I have a thread on sun corals in the non-photo threads

 

[Nanighan]

Nice tank and choice of Tangs!

 

[noy]

thanks all for the kind comments.

 

[noy]

Here is a photo showing my Monti at its worst when I first got it 07/2012 to 03/2013 (about 9 months of growth). The monti now measures over 6 inches across.


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A photo my the pavona growth (and recession due to nearby GSP) in 2 months.

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[waterman78]

those are nice pieces..... I also like the sun coral colonies throughout. did you seperate or it that from them spawning?

 

[noy]

those are nice pieces..... I also like the sun coral colonies throughout. did you seperate or it that from them spawning?

separate colonies, they spawn little tiny head most don't make it.

 

[rovster]

I would consider moving your plates lower, and keep your branching pieces higher. When the plates get really big (which they will) they will create a huge canopy. Happened on my nano, so had to ditch the plate. Nice selection of corals! I love montis too!

 

[theyangman]

What is the name of the blue plating monti here? I would LOVE to get this one for my tank

 

[noy]

rovster - great advice but actually I keep a lot of Non-Photo Syn corals they are perfect under the caps

theyanman - its just a purple cap - ORA has its but you can probably get a frag from a local guy

 

[M007]

Nice tank and choice of Tangs!

+1 on the montis but the tangs :deadhorse: