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encrusting montipora very nice it might be a super man or poker star

 

Thanks for the help guys! k+


Will the zoas growing on the same frag disk hurt the monti?

 

As already stated, with the color combination it has it could be a pokerstar.
No, the zoas will not hurt/damage it.

 

neat piece!

 

Awesome guys. Thanks so much!

 

Yeah... I'm gonna have to vote against a monti. I think it is an acro. I have an acro that looks exactly like that before it sprouts a branch.

Can you get a top down pic

 

It looks to be a Leng Sy cap Monti.
I have a green one with pink polyps.
Are those zoo's lunar eclipse by chance?

 

Hey guys thanks again for all the help.

The frag disk is placed up high on a rock in pretty moderate flow. It looks like the monti likes it there so far so we'll see how it goes!!
When I picked up the frag I didn't notice that the monti was attached so hopefully being up HIGH in the tank even though under T5s will be good for it
If anyone wants to chime in please do

I'm not sure. They didn't have a name. They are pinkish in the centers and have a tiger striped eggshell/brownish pink skirt. I think they're palys but honestly I can't tell the difference between most palys and zoas unless it's the big button palys....

 

I was thinking the same thing.

Either way, you'll want to get those zoanthids away from it as they won't "play nice" together.

 

At the moment it looks like a poker star monti, but that might all change if it branches up and out.

If it does that, it could possibly be an ORA purple plasma (or similar).


edit....

I looked at the pic again, and the corallites are placed too close together with very little elevation from each corallite.

At this point, I would have to say pokerstar montipora. But, give it month. if it starts shooting up, then it is probably not a pokerstar encrusting monti.

I have a funky encrusting green monti that shoots off "elkhorn" branches. Until it started shooing those off, I could have sworn it was an encrusting monti.