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[ReeF_LoVeR]

[tuan]

Two year's growth:

[reefer guy]

my tank has no sandstorm....I can make real estate space for the purple monti

its frag exchange time!!!!!

reef lover, nice growth you got there!!!!

tuan, hope my monti grows as fast as your colony did.... awesome!!!!

[tuan]

They're fast grower when the conditions is right. Look at the coral pic above, can you see a 1cm rim around the edge that looks lighter colour? That's the growth edge I get around every 2/3weeks.

One tip, do not try to mount them using putty, instead wedge your frag into a rock crevice so the growth edge touches the rock. This way it will grow a much stronger base. I didnt do this and my colony has broken off it's mounting point 3 times, each time losing quite bit pieces of 'petal'. It's now just sitting in a hole between 3 pieces of rocks.

[Dispar_Anthias]

Two year's growth:

Now who can beat that

[scarab]

tuan, is that 2 year's growth???

Look like 10 years to me. Awesome

[reefer guy]

i didnt glued it in a rock either, coz as ive notices, polyps were extending underneath as well, so let it sat on a tonga rock, and it just encrusted from the back.... seen white tips as well, just hoping mine will "scroll" as nice as ur piece man!

[weileong]

5 weeks growth.

[jc85]

Not much growth but color change.

[RAV-65]

Stunning monti?! Two years?!!?!

[LaW]

Two year's growth:

wohoohohohoooo

[calvinci]

one month growth

[calvinci]

more, one month growth too

[scarab]

Wow some nice growth there, calvinci...........especially on the green monti cap and the purple valida.

[calvinci]

thanks for the compliment, I didn't even know that's valida, any idea what's the id of the first monti, orange and green polyps on purple base, actual color is more intense, my DC can't capture it's true color.

btw I am using weipro 2014 now, plan to upgrade to deltec afp600, will it be a problem for reducing the nutrient too fast? Afraid of too quick change, STN/ RTN is something I don't want.

[scarab]

thanks for the compliment, I didn't even know that's valida, any idea what's the id of the first monti, orange and green polyps on purple base, actual color is more intense, my DC can't capture it's true color.

btw I am using weipro 2014 now, plan to upgrade to deltec afp600, will it be a problem for reducing the nutrient too fast? Afraid of too quick change, STN/ RTN is something I don't want.

Well, the purple thin branch does look like valida.

You really don't know what monti is the first one? Purple base with green polyps in the centre and orange polyps on the edge??? Rainbow monti my friend, take good care of it........

Upgrading skimmer doesn't cause problem unlike adding phosphate remover. Think your SPS will love the skimmer upgrade.

[calvinci]

I thought it's danae something... rainbow monti sounds great man... I have 2 of it and it was brown, until I add in another 250w phoenix in the center, then it color up and spread like wild fire. it's covering some of my life rock now.

[Dispar_Anthias]

Wow some nice growth there, calvinci...........especially on the green monti cap and the purple valida.

I saw humongous growth of the beautiful zoos too

[scarab]

I thought it's danae something... rainbow monti sounds great man... I have 2 of it and it was brown, until I add in another 250w phoenix in the center, then it color up and spread like wild fire. it's covering some of my life rock now.

Rainbow monti is just the name we give because of its muticlolur polyps. Montipora danae is the scientific name.

[calvinci]

the blue zoo, it's a frag from a friend, only 7-8 polyps when I got it, now there is a whole bunch of it

scarab : I search for rainbow monti in RC and they call it superman danae? Any idea why superman? BTW US is selling U$350 for 1" x 2" frag? I got mine in Penang for U$20 only, I bought 4 of them, 2 was brown and 2 was green polyps on white base.

[scarab]

scarab : I search for rainbow monti in RC and they call it superman danae? Any idea why superman? BTW US is selling U$350 for 1" x 2" frag? I got mine in Penang for U$20 only, I bought 4 of them, 2 was brown and 2 was green polyps on white base.

Rainbow and superman different. Rainbow has green polyps in the centre and orangey red polyps at the growth edge. Superman danae has red polyps throughout (no green). You got Superman danae ah??

[calvinci]

ya... I found out superman danae was so name because it has red polyps against blue base, just like superman S logo. I don't superman danae, too bad .

Anyway I got a brown frag last 2 week, at U$20 too, and it turn out to be a tricolor now, slowly coloring up now..

[scarab]

2 months' growth of my monti digis

Feb 2005

Apr 2005

[wa_lanz]

whoa... super fast growths... going to outgrow ur tank in no time...

[RAV-65]

Stunning colours and growth!!