Help with ID please

kohlton · 01/01/2010, 04:52 PM

Not sure if this is posted in the correct area...

I am wondering if this is an Orange Montipora Plate Coral. If so, can someone please show me what it will look like once it grows.

Thanks in advance

DLANDINO · 01/01/2010, 05:07 PM

Certainly looks like an Orange Cap. to me. Here is mine. I have it laying on the sand bed under MH lighting. It grows very quickly. I started this from a frag about the size of a quarter last November. It is now about 5 inches in diameter.

kohlton · 01/01/2010, 05:15 PM

Thanks DLANDINO
I have mine at the top of my 80G, under PCs 256W I bought the monti attached to a frag stool. It appears to have grown out from the side, not sure if my placement is correct or not. It just started to show growth last week when I moved it up.

stingythingy45 · 01/01/2010, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by kohlton

Thanks DLANDINO
I have mine at the top of my 80G, under PCs 256W I bought the monti attached to a frag stool. It appears to have grown out from the side, not sure if my placement is correct or not. It just started to show growth last week when I moved it up.

Near the top is best with Pcs.
This is mine,it's about 3 years old.It started out under PC and is now under halides.Front to back in my 90 gallon and has grown many layers.

kohlton · 01/01/2010, 05:32 PM

Very nice Stingy! Other than Calcium, Strontium, Iodine... anything else I need to know to get ours looking like yours over the yrs?

stingythingy45 · 01/01/2010, 05:41 PM

Well,I wouldn't worry about strontium or iodine.
Just calcium,alk and magnesium.
And don't make any big changes to alk in one dosing.

01/01/2010, 04:52 PM	#1
kohlton Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: KY Posts: 42	Help with ID please Not sure if this is posted in the correct area... I am wondering if this is an Orange Montipora Plate Coral. If so, can someone please show me what it will look like once it grows. Thanks in advance

01/01/2010, 05:41 PM	#6
stingythingy45 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: MA Posts: 3,296	Well,I wouldn't worry about strontium or iodine. Just calcium,alk and magnesium. And don't make any big changes to alk in one dosing. __________________ Bob Current Tank Info: 90 gallon,mixed Reef,2-250 watt Optix 3 pendants(Phoenix 14K)2-54 watt T5 Super actnics ,ASM G-2 Gate/recirc mods,70 gal. basement sump,20L ref

01/01/2010, 05:15 PM	#3
kohlton Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: KY Posts: 42	Thanks DLANDINO I have mine at the top of my 80G, under PCs 256W I bought the monti attached to a frag stool. It appears to have grown out from the side, not sure if my placement is correct or not. It just started to show growth last week when I moved it up.

01/01/2010, 05:32 PM	#5
kohlton Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: KY Posts: 42	Very nice Stingy! Other than Calcium, Strontium, Iodine... anything else I need to know to get ours looking like yours over the yrs?