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Borderjumper
10-05-2007, 04:50 AM
I bought this 3 weeks ago at a LFS. It looked pretty bad but I saw one little dot of purple.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/Carrida/acan009.jpg


In 3 weeks this has colored up to this
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/Carrida/montioct42007001.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/Carrida/montioct42007013.jpg


I knew it would purple, up maybe a hulk.. but the now some of the polyps are going orange.. any ideas?

niloc16
10-05-2007, 05:26 AM
it could be an ultraman monti, blue base green polyp and new growth usually has orange polyps. nice catch

Delphinus
10-05-2007, 05:51 AM
What's with all the holes though? Is it a Christmas tree worm rock? I thought they only associated with Porites sp. though...

Borderjumper
10-05-2007, 05:54 AM
What's with all the holes though? Is it a Christmas tree worm rock? I thought they only associated with Porites sp. though...


I have no idea what they are!.. this piece was just harvested and shipped in. There doesnt seem to be anything in the holes.

I have some ultraman, and this ones polyps are not as green as the UM. These are more of a yellowish green.

bv_reefer
10-05-2007, 05:59 AM
wow that'll be quite the show piece when it purples all over and has green polyps! do you think it will turn entirely purple soon, or have mixed colors? either way it looks sweet on the last pic

Borderjumper
10-05-2007, 06:05 AM
wow that'll be quite the show piece when it purples all over and has green polyps! do you think it will turn entirely purple soon, or have mixed colors? either way it looks sweet on the last pic

Thanks..

Chowder
10-05-2007, 03:31 PM
Looks quite a bit like a rainbow montie to me. Nice score.Wickedfrags.com has a picture of it on there web site.

Jaws
10-05-2007, 04:50 PM
Rainbow Monti is what I was thinking too. Nice piece.

Chaloupa
10-05-2007, 05:41 PM
Hey Shelley...maybe I AM smarter than I thought..!! :lol: I say Rainbow Monti...

Borderjumper
10-05-2007, 05:49 PM
Well it would be kewl if it is a rainbow. :mrgreen: