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M. stilosa -- notice that there are no visible corallites.

Acropora spp. -- Notice the corallites on the coral (Or, in other words, the "cup" which contains the coral polyp).

what are the differences between the monti and acro besides the genus? The most noticable difference is that the genus Acropora has corallites (Both Radial, Axial, and Incipient) on the outside of the coenosteum rather than within the coral (like the genus Montipora). Graham

Acro & Monti are two different Genus of SPS corals. Bang is correct. Acropora and Montipora are two Genus of coral. Both, however, are in the family Acroporidae. As Bang also stated, encrusting is a growth form of a coral. Graham

Euro-Reefs are as good as they are expensive :) I have a Euro-Reef CS-82 and I coudln't be happier. Graham

kpk Thanks! Fortunately, the tank is far from full :) I still have plenty of places for mounting frags and letting them grow out. My entire system only contains corals which are either Branching & Plating, nothing else. All of my Acroporids are either Staghorns (A. formosa, A. yongei, A...

NMreef, Thanks for the kind words! I know I haven't been around lately, I've been extremely busy lately and haven't had the time to log on and answer posts. However, posting at 3:38am seems to work for me :D Take Care, Graham

Refugium

'Behind the scenes:'

I've noticed many colors of zoanthids poping up lately. I've recently noticed several sky-blue zoanthids growing in back of the tank.

Topdown shot:

lopeyc, Thank you! Shoreliner11 I'm as suprised as you are at the growth that I'm getting. If you didn't know, the tank is "officially" only 3 months old; however, all liverock and sand (as well as tank, for that matter) came from a previous setup which was torn down that day and moved to my...

A. microtphalma 6-16-04 (roughly 1" of growth)

A. microtphalma (Date unknown, It's sometime in mid May)

6-16-04

4-28-04

6-16-04

A. prostrata 4-16-04

6-16-04

A. nasuta 5-28-04