Follow Up: Reverse Sunset Montipora

[Xler8n]

He guys.. I was just posting this to follow up on my montipora whatever it may be to show you guys how its growing so maybe we can determine if it is indeed a reverse sunset montipora. The first pic is the one you all saw when i first bought it. The next pic is of it about a month ago the first week i had my new Phoenix bulbs in. It looked CRAZY neon when the lights were first on. They are not as blue anymore after about 300 hrs of burn.

[Emoney]

Looks great!...what is the green monti next to it.?? Are you a member of CMAS or WAMAS in MD.?

[ckusnierek]

Lookin good.
My reverse has much darker red polyps and they are much closer to each other

[ckusnierek]

Originally Posted by Emoney

Looks great!...what is the green monti next to it.?? Are you a member of CMAS or WAMAS in MD.?

Looks like a rainbow to me...

[Fat Tony]

now that it has grown a bit, I change my opinion. It's probably Montipora Verrucosa or Tuberculosa.

[aquawolf]

My guess would also be a Montipora Verrucosa. I just picked one up in the Reef Empire EBay auction this week as well.

Here is the picture that was posted on EBay of it:



And here is a picture I took of it from a distance in my tank today:



As you can see, the growth pattern is much different than that of my Sunset Montipora:



I hope that helps you a little with the ID.

[Xler8n]

Originally Posted by Emoney

Looks great!...what is the green monti next to it.?? Are you a member of CMAS or WAMAS in MD.?

It is a pokerstar

[Big D]

Originally Posted by Fat Tony

now that it has grown a bit, I change my opinion. It's probably Montipora Verrucosa or Tuberculosa.

I agree... looks like a Tuberculosa to me...




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