What is your favorite cap?
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CichlidMan@<3
I'm Nuts
My seasons greetings grows like a cap. Pretty sure its a cap
acroholicreefer
New member
Here is a picture of my Tyree flowerpetal Cap but my favorite has to be an ATL pink polyp cap. Starburst cap looks kind of cool too.
myzislow
Active member
not trying to split hairs but many of the corals listed so far aren't true montipora capricornis, although all of them, including the seasons greetings, exhibit cap like or plating growth forms.
With that being said I prefer the look of a happy seasons greetings for a coral of this type, the contrast is amazing.
29reef
It's all about the flow
I'm pretty sure there's a green with red polyp monti that encrusts as well as one that plates. Call them what you wish as they look the same when they are 1" frags. Sometimes I wonder why there's 3+ names for the same coral; then I remember this is currently a collector hobby.
dvanacker
DID I SOUNDS SMRT??
ya that one is cool....definitely not a cap either. It encrusts, branches and plates....very interesting growth form. The polyps on it are almost exactly the same as my undata (crazy florescent under actinics).....and if I had to choose one to go it would be the super natural.
chrischin29g
o^__^o<-- MY PLUGS
Chili pepper and purple rim!!
theronsta
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Ive noticed its growth pattern as well and do not think it is a cap, however ORA lists it as such so thats the only reason I said it
but yes, the grapes are also nice. I had a yellow with purple polyp cap in my tank but it died
ive heard their super hard to take care of
acroholicreefer
New member
Yep, the Supernatural Cap is a Montipora Hispada. Very cool monti but not a capricornis
29reef
It's all about the flow
I've kept the same leng sy in my tank or the tanks of friends for over 5 years and it hardly resembles the original. I'm 90% sure it's the original peice. However polyps have morphed to green and it has lightened significantly. Strange what happens to some coral over time.
acpoweradapter
Member
You should inform ORA its not a capricornis in that case.
"ORA Supernatural Capricornis"
http://www.orafarm.com/products/hardcoral/montipora/supernatural.html
Laddy
New member
I bought mine from atlantis, on site, so I saw the mother colony. Its still a good looking cap, but I'm not sure you could tell the difference between it and a $5 frag.
myzislow
Active member
dude dont take every ORA puts out as gospel....They called the hawkins an echinata after all......
My personal fav is Tyree Limited Monti Aquitiberculata i got from Atl (green with bright orange poly). I have a 12x12in Sky baby blue tyree LE 5 years old it is pretty nice. ( i use it as my monti frag rack) i have a nice sunburst that is growing out and every other cap mentioned on this thread. my purple green poly just died from nem my grape fel after getting to heavy in sand bed but the broken fuse is now 6 inch long ")
my purple green poly just died from nem my grape fel after getting to heavy in sand bed but the broken fuse is now 6 inch long ")
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