Check out this rainbow monti!!

[Jimng]

Anyone of u know there's any place worthy to go in Washington DC?

Bro...most of the good lfs are in the florida area.....the rest most likely gets supply fr them....there are a few in DC area but the prices cannot compare to online orders......if you are staying there...u can order online and get them to sent it to the place u stay.....

if u are talking abt places of interest....it would be the museum, memorials in DC.....get adventurous and u may want to drive up to New York, Atlantic City,Buffalo, Niagara Falls....

[jc85]

Guess I got to forgo getting anything nice (LS) from DC liao den. Doubt online LFS send to hotels, do they?

Thanks anyway.

[flubberina13]

..Amy.....thanks....u r one also lar.......personally in US now and doing lfs hopping.... ...let me know got good stuffs also k....

heheh...no lah...

lfsing? ...went to some in AZ but not happening lei...

Still waiting for permission to start reefing here lei...

Will need heaters here if I start a tank...

anyway, trips to San Fran and Florida lfs are confirmed in the first quarter and early of second quarter liao...

Btw...any idea Alaska worth seeing? Or just salmon?

Keep in contact...but I may take long to reply...too much to do with too little time...and the mega online shopping that is available here

And the last sentence also goes to all the bros who have been wishing me well via pms off late. Will take time to reply as much as I can. Thanks for the well-wishing too.

[danano]

Hello Jimng, I've been following this thread with great interest.

[Jimng]

Dun know what's in Alaska leh....nvr been there b4....polar bears.?...

must look out for them....

Enjoy the shopping and lfsing....

[Jimng]

Hello Jimng, I've been following this thread with great interest.

Thanks bro...........will continue to post update of this gem.....

[danano]

Look what I found, and I've had this specimen all along... for over 2 years! Could this be it?

Sure looks a lot like it!

[scarab]

Bro, you have the rainbow monti all along? Wah what secrets do you still have in your reef??

[danano]

Bro, you have the rainbow monti all along?   Wah what secrets do you still have in your reef??

Yup, and I only recently noticed the multi-coloured polyps. It used to be either all green or all orange, depending on lighting conditions - but never both at the same time. Base is always purple.

After I first saw the rainbow monti on Reef Central, I suspected than the monti danae in my tank could be it as well. A bleaching episode 6 months ago didn't allow me to confirm the potential then and only recently have the colours returned... and it sure looks like it!

[Jimng]

Look what I found, and I've had this specimen all along... for over 2 years! Could this be it?

Sure looks a lot like it!

..Wow Dan...yr tank is full of gems, is this a slow grower since you've got it a while back? i really hope mine could grow faster so I can share more of this gem with local reefers......

[danano]

..Wow Dan...yr tank is full of gems, is this a slow grower since you've got it a while back? i really hope mine could grow faster so I can share more of this gem with local reefers......

Well, when I first started keeping sps 2 years ago and got this specimen, I had no idea that it would turn out to be the one reefers at RC refer to as the rainbow monti.

It has survived 2 tank transfers, although I did lose more than half of it after a bleaching episode. Other than that, I believe it to be fairly hardy. Growth rate appears moderate.

[Jimng]

I was hoping mine could spread to cover the tank back wall, looks like it's gonna take a while....

The piece i am having currently have green polyp in the center area and orange at the edge, u mentioned that at times, the whole piece can turn orange polyp, do you remember under what conditions? - i really hope mine can stay the way it is now.... (i prefer it this way... )

[danano]

It turned orange under lower light conditions. Other than that, the polyps were mainly green. You should be able to maintain you existing colours under medium to strong light.

[RAV-65]

Great! I only find calcium skeletons in my tank...

[Jimng]

Check out this thread in reefcentral on the rainbow monti.....i hope the piece i got will turn out to be like the mother colony....so far still cannot grasp the correct lighting and flow conditions for the 3 colours to really stand out like this mother colony...

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthre...threadid=558145