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post #1 of 14
10/10/11 at 6:39pm
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Hey everyone Happy Columbus Day to all my American Friends and Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends.

 

Question about this Monti I bought about 1-1/2 ago.  I have it high up in the tank I epoxied it to my overflow.  When I purchased this coral I thought it was the green type.  Now the pictures are not great but you can see the polyp extensions.  What do you guys think?

 

I also threw in a picture of my newest sps - still don't know what kind it is.

 

Thanks again Al

 

oct 10 2011 a 007.jpg

oct 10 2011 a 004.jpgoct 10 2011 a 001.jpg


Edited by Al&Burke - 10/10/11 at 7:14pm
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post #2 of 14
10/11/11 at 5:39am
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Bump

 

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post #3 of 14
10/11/11 at 7:35am

In an earlier post, whe u bought it, there was a pic of it without full polyp extension - and it looked like an acro to me - but a day later you posted another pic with full polyp extension  and i realized I was wrong on the earlier ID... It's a seriatopora - and likely S. guttatas....compare to the description and 3rd picture in the "Coral Library" here:

 

http://sdmas.com/corals/809.php   

 

I have a colony that is approaching 6" diameter  -apologies on the earlier error.

 

Not sure what your asking on the monti though?

 

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post #4 of 14
10/11/11 at 5:21pm
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Originally Posted by tangs rule View Post

In an earlier post, whe u bought it, there was a pic of it without full polyp extension - and it looked like an acro to me - but a day later you posted another pic with full polyp extension  and i realized I was wrong on the earlier ID... It's a seriatopora - and likely S. guttatas....compare to the description and 3rd picture in the "Coral Library" here:

 

http://sdmas.com/corals/809.php   

 

I have a colony that is approaching 6" diameter  -apologies on the earlier error.

 

Not sure what your asking on the monti though?

 


I think you are right on the second picture of the sps - the question I was aking about the monti it was supposed to be green but it looks bleached out - but I do see polyps extensions.
 

 

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post #5 of 14
10/11/11 at 6:12pm

Oh - yes, sometimes a coral will take on a different color under different light color/intensity. Sometimes the coral will continue to grow properly and other times not. Significantly too much or less light can cause bleaching.  You may have the monti a little high and the intenstiy of the light has bleached it..Since it's already attached - I'd take 2 layers of plastic "screen door" type screen and place over the frag to "shade" it some. Just a couple peices the size of a playing card supported just over the water will knock out some of the light - and the polyps should re-color

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post #6 of 14
10/11/11 at 6:40pm
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Thanks TR - I have had this coral for over a month - it is starting to look a bit darker.  Hey the other one I read the write up - it says that the plyps are out day and night, this coral always has its polyps out.  Thanks again my friend.

 

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post #7 of 14
11/2/11 at 7:14pm
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Well I just wanted to share I have had this sps for a few months now, growing like crazy I think here is a NOW and BEFORE shots

 

NOW

sps nov 2 2011 001.JPG

 

BEFORE

 

oct 10 2011 a 004.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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post #8 of 14
11/2/11 at 7:25pm

WOW....looks great....if a piece breaks off...LOL...LMK

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post #9 of 14
11/2/11 at 7:31pm
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Funny you say that - I noticed a little piece that was broken off it was just hanging - I tried to get it but it fell into the live rock.  I think I may have hit the coral when I was trying to catch the fry yesterday.

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post #10 of 14
11/2/11 at 8:22pm

HEY NOW what's this frag swapping thing going on here? Huh? Huh? lol j/k

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post #11 of 14
11/3/11 at 7:27am

Yup - S. guttatas is a very fast growing birdsnest coral....I got a small 3" diameter colony back in March/April - and it's approaching 8" dia easy now....Sadly mine developed some sort of issue with the core of it bleaching&dying - so I had to break it up and make up about 4 each 3" groups of it....I dunno why it suddenly developed almost an RTN thing - but the frags are doin great. This issue started last month and within 2 weeks, 1/3 of the core of it had died....but now I can have 3 of them, and give one to a local sps hound

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post #12 of 14
11/3/11 at 8:42am

i swear sps are driving me crazy! I can keep sps in one tank but in my other tank i think im burning em up!

Or maybe im over skimming idk! Grrrrrrr....

 

Looks great Al! I love that nice piece of sps u got their...is it blue or purple? Looks blue to me!

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post #13 of 14
11/3/11 at 8:55am
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Originally Posted by 1guyDude View Post

i swear sps are driving me crazy! I can keep sps in one tank but in my other tank i think im burning em up!

Or maybe im over skimming idk! Grrrrrrr....

 

Looks great Al! I love that nice piece of sps u got their...is it blue or purple? Looks blue to me!



I'm having an issue too in the 225G....the deepwater acros are doing great, as is my purple capricornis...BUT the rest :(    IDK WTH is going on

 

scared to try anything else right now

 

 

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post #14 of 14
11/3/11 at 10:50am

ya those sps can be tricky! Suppose id better test the water....

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