Rare monti caps.
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fcmatt
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i guess i am not sure what you mean.
they come in a pretty wide array of colors but generally the familiar ones, sometimes with different color edges or polyps, and generally
all grow in the same swirly plate like pattern. they also grow like a weed and therefore pretty
plentiful.
perhaps i just have not seen the rare ones and welcome the surprising pics too!
they come in a pretty wide array of colors but generally the familiar ones, sometimes with different color edges or polyps, and generally
all grow in the same swirly plate like pattern. they also grow like a weed and therefore pretty
plentiful.
perhaps i just have not seen the rare ones and welcome the surprising pics too!
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
i too would love to see some rarely seen cap varieties....
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
i believe this is similar to the ATL pink polyp cap. for the longest time it was army green with bright pink polyps, until i switched from an old magnetic ballast to a new electronic ballast. then it turned purple with pink polyps. being shaded under the loripes is keeping it green, but in the areas exposed to the 400w 20k....my camera is obviously failing to capture the true colors, but i swear its true!
here it is in frag form directly under my halides.
here is another cap, with more of a yellowish body, with blue polyps:
top down:
here it is in frag form directly under my halides.
here is another cap, with more of a yellowish body, with blue polyps:
top down:
fcmatt
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ron, all the caps in your pics look to me to be pretty much common more or less.
the pic that stoneyj33 posted though.. never saw that one before.
not to take anything away from your caps though. i have probably 2 of them in my tank as i type
this. the yellowish one looks to be a green cap with blue polyps that is getting a lot of light and
has lightened up? where is it growing up the side of the tank, and therefore less light, is probably
the true color in most tanks?
the pic that stoneyj33 posted though.. never saw that one before.
not to take anything away from your caps though. i have probably 2 of them in my tank as i type
this. the yellowish one looks to be a green cap with blue polyps that is getting a lot of light and
has lightened up? where is it growing up the side of the tank, and therefore less light, is probably
the true color in most tanks?
aquavista99
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I have two Montipora caps in my reef (not rare, just colorful)....and unfortunately, they are both starting to take up too much of my existing reef real-estate.
The first colony is the Tyree Strawberry Patch followed by the Tyree Idaho Grape.
The first colony is the Tyree Strawberry Patch followed by the Tyree Idaho Grape.
battplus
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Not a "cap" because we don't get 'em, but nonetheless, does a highlighter yellow plating Monti 12 ours off the reef count?
I'll send you a cap across the world for a frag of this anyday!! :thumbsup:
^^^ That yellow thing is something. If I understood you correctly and it was just harvested it will be interesting to see if you can get it to stay that brilliant yellow or turns green.
Aquavista99, your strawberry looks great. Ive never been able to get mine to look that good.
Aquavista99, your strawberry looks great. Ive never been able to get mine to look that good.
n0rk
More is better-er!
Haha, unfortunately our greatest asset is also our greatest weakness - in having the GBRMP right there we get amazing coral, but the government is incredibly strict in its management and on our hobby. We're not allowed to import inverts which counts out corals, sadly
In the time I had it in my tank, it only intensified with colour. That was the only photo I have of it while it was in my tank, sadly I tore it down and the coral was rehomed. Once I set back up I'm angling for a frag of it 'cos it was definitely something unique...
rhys123
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Not a "cap" because we don't get 'em, but nonetheless, does a highlighter yellow plating Monti 12 ours off the reef count?
I reckon your wrong Ben
One of the very rare few Caps we get here in Australia
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
dennis, that is the cap i have. your pictures are much better.
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