One of my monti's
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat..._monti_1-1.jpg

very cool SPS !
 

hey Snappy , do you mind sharing your Light system details?
THX.

Nice Monti Greg !


Today`s Favorites ;)

M.Peltiformis unter actinic.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...Scaping065.jpg

Boulder Cypastrea, this one is putting on some huge growth latley....still not big enouph tho..lol.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...dcorals027.jpg

No problem.
Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask about my little reef is right here.
http://www.canreef.com/ftotm/may07/index.php

( I don't think most people look at the FTOTM page anymore)
There are a few more of my favorite corals there too:wink:

I do, How do you think i spotted wich ones you should bring in August bud ! heh. :)

I look and I even read it :lol:

I know you guys do but I honestly think a lot of people either don't know how to get into the page or choose not to. Same with the POTM, I received several PM's about both home page pictures and it seems they saw the photo and just moved on instead of clicking on it. Likely the person that asked for my light specs didn't make the (Snappy) connection but I think the majority of people don't bother with the ftotm page. Most just look to see if there are any new posts that might interest them and go directly to them and then leave. Not a big deal but I just find it a little surprizing. Personally, I am always looking for ideas so I need to see what other people are doing in their tanks.:wink:
Anyway enough of my thread hi-jacking, people can get back to playing more show & tell.

Dude you totally have my vote to be TOTM some day. :p

montipora confusa

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...f/100_1860.jpg

this monti is new but the base is purple with green polyps, for the past week it has been my fav. anyone on the name of it?

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...f/100_1852.jpg

Colin,
Those are beautiful photos! Tell me you are fragging the first one PLEASE!!

i wish i could get the guts to frag it. i havent fragged a monti yet and i'm nervous about killing it. anyone have a good way to frag it?

I can understand your fear, its such a beautiful piece.

Whenever I've seen cap coral fragging usually it involves people pulling the "leaves" back like when you pull leaves off a head of lettuce....

Talk to Wendell, he just fragged up a piece that looks just like yours :biggrin:

Colin it looks similar to what people are selling as "pokerstar" monti. I am not sure of the exact genus, I'll have to look it up.
Sweet piece of M confusa. Is that taken under actinics?
Monti's are super easy to frag and heal up well. Just get the cutters out and hack away. I'll take one. Anything of mine you want to do a trade on?

This is what I believe to be the pokerstar monti.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...tarmonti-1.jpg

ah, common names, always good for endless debates :razz:

Wow...I like this thread! There are so many sweet corals here. :)

nice stuff guys. snappy it was not under actinics only 400w mh 14k aquaconnects

hey 220G, lets see a full tank shot
everyone has amazing pics, love seeing them

Some of mine

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...l/bluewave.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...l/LEbecker.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...redtablecf.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...olypbluecf.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...imegreencf.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...ral/purple.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22.../royalblue.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...l/blueblue.jpg

A few recent pics.

Red Tonga Lobophyllia
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...c/CIMG0489.jpg

Green Pearl Bubble
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...c/CIMG0485.jpg

Red Cat's Eye - one of my fav. corals for sure
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...c/CIMG0486.jpg

Magnifica & RBTA
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...c/CIMG0483.jpg

Last but not least, my Hammer/Frogspawn islet
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...c/CIMG0488.jpg

I lied, here's one of my Majestic Angel (who has a fondness for frogspawn, but then again who doesn't
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...c/CIMG0470.jpg

FTS - FYI known as 250G in the US, 220G here in Canada :mrgreen:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-05/totm/index.php

truely amazing 220G, love the angel sea horse_fanatic
cheers

Here's a close up of a M. danae I took this morning.
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...uperman1_1.jpg

Gorgeous!

holy cow snappy. that is sweet. its looking a bit big though, i think you should trim it and send some this way.:biggrin:

isn't the pokerstar monti a rainbow monti?

oH man nice! frag it up! :p

Red face !
 

Woops, so sorry, my bad. Well desrved TOTM !

They are diferent - this is what I think they look like.
pokerstar monti
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...tarmonti-1.jpg

rainbow monti
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...ey/rainbow.jpg

There is nothing to be sorry about. I put "no problem" in bold letters but I wasn't yelling.:smile: I just meant no problem.
Thanks but it's not that big yet. It's just a little bigger than a baseball. :wink:

That would be sad, considering all the work that went into it. Esp. considering its one of the best write ups on a featured tank I have seen.

:mrgreen: Great monti pics guys. Wholley mackeral those are nice. :smile: And some of the photo work on this thread is outstanding.

This is from shortly after I got it when it had 6 heads, it's now up to about 15.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...allactinic.jpg

Favorite today :)


I am lost as to what this coral is, is not acropora.

It will not cluster, branch or table.....it just forms mounds.
Definatly a unusual piece, possibly Isopora ?

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...alshots021.jpg

Marc.

Marc,
what's it smell like out of the water?

a$$ :P

J/K, this one has grown onto my rock and i havent pulled it out to smell latley....


It looks as if Isopora is a subgenus in the acropora family....so i guess still an acropora, just a weird one..lol.

Isopora have a distinct odour ?

SPS is certainly not my strong point, but it looks like it could be some sort of encrusting montipora. Or maybe I'm just on crack :)

Montiporas tend to have an amusing if slightly precocious bouquet. An Isopora of decent vintage tends to have evokations of blackberry and apples.

lol! Oh wait, I get it:

Montipora = Cabarnet Sauvignon
Isopora = Valpolicella

Don't you mean rotten blackberry & apple?:razz: