Montipora ID (newbie)

[Nemesis of Pistol Shrimps]

Hello reefies, I am new to sps and I would like to know what type my montipora is (encrusting, plating, branching, etc.) and how I would be able to tell in the future.

I always adored the look of a plated montipora colony, those impressive looking ones at public aquariums and overgrown reefer’s tanks

 

[death-by-reef]

Idk what monti that is but u got a ***** beautiful tank

 

[death-by-reef]

Y does it beep that out????

 

[Cichlid Dad]

You will need a daylight picture. Your branching Will already be branching when you buy them. I would Google each type and what will pop up these days will be frag picks. Montipora digitata are great easy branching, Jedi mind tricks, flower petal, pink rim and apple berry are great monti's. Moni caps should be plating. Look up firewalker Moni cap.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

 

[Cichlid Dad]

 

[encrustingacro]

Idk what monti that is but u got a ***** beautiful tank

Y does it beep that out????

No swearing on R2R dude. It's against the rules.

 

[Nemesis of Pistol Shrimps]

Idk what monti that is but u got a ***** beautiful tank

lol thank you but trust me, the whole tank is pretty bare bones just got a lot of coralline

 

[Nemesis of Pistol Shrimps]

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sick collection my guy

 

[Nemesis of Pistol Shrimps]

Hey y’all. Still have no clue what type it is. It has grown a bit and has just grown around the rock not into the water column


so here are some more pictures : )

 

[i cant think]

Hey y’all. Still have no clue what type it is. It has grown a bit and has just grown around the rock not into the water column


so here are some more pictures : )View attachment 3082289

That looks like it could be a spoingodes, I have a couple monti species in my Nano - I’ll get a few photos of them in a few minutes.
in total I have 5 Monti pieces but I believe I only have 3-4 species.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Hey y’all. Still have no clue what type it is. It has grown a bit and has just grown around the rock not into the water column


so here are some more pictures : )View attachment 3082289

Does this look like them?

 

[Cyanohater]

sick collection my guy

why are you a nemesis of pistol shrimps

 

[Cichlid Dad]

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Does this look like them?

Mine is a tropic thunder montipora. When It was given to me, It was very brown. It took a few months to change to it's color you see here under t5's. I don't know if it will change more.

 

[Nemesis of Pistol Shrimps]

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Does this look like them?

The top one matches a bit in shape but not exactly. I actually just went and picked up some plating red montis, were cheaper than the encrusting one I got now too. I’ll just glue the encrusting one somewhere random and hope it’ll become something cool

 

[Cichlid Dad]

The top one matches a bit in shape but not exactly. I actually just went and picked up some plating red montis, were cheaper than the encrusting one I got now too. I’ll just glue the encrusting one somewhere random and hope it’ll become something cool

They are the same coral frag that broke. You can't go by shape. Even color. Each system will produce different colors to an extent. Look up tropic thunder montipora and you see many different colors.

 

[Nemesis of Pistol Shrimps]

why are you a nemesis of pistol shrimps

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TIGER pistol shrimps more specifically, they are the only species which I have kept. I can't speak for other pistol shrimps. Almost every reef site and even most hobbyists label them as reef safe. Does not being able to have any frags on your sandbed count as "reef safe"? Heck even if you have a...

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