Please help ID 2 sps/ montipora

RESONANCE · #1 10-07-2012, 02:58 AM

Hi everyone,

I've been reefing for nearly 5 years and have only started trying to keep sps this year. So I'm not well versed in the scientific or popular names of different sps species/ types.

Any how, I think I scored 2 nice pieces today. All I know is that they're both encrusting types of montiporas and that's about it. Please help me in finding their scientific and popular names so I can get more information on them.

Below are some pictures I took right after taking them out of their bags. Sorry for the poor image quality; my camera is a really old point and shoot (Canon A620) and the batteries were nearly empty of charge. Thanks in advanced.

Under 2300K regular desk lamp bulb with camera flash.

Under 2300K regular desk lamp bulb with no flash.

Close up: 2300K desk lamp and camera flash

Close up: Under PAR 38 led running at 50% at 2.5 feet height from container. LED configuration: 4 white 6 blue 2 red.

Camera batteries just about died after this next shot.

In my 40 G breeder. Directly under 2 x 6300K and 1 x 7000K T5HO bulbs. Further away are 1 x fiji pink KZ bulb and 2 actinic bulbs.

Snappy · #2 10-07-2012, 07:22 AM

Looks to me like M.danae & M.nodosa but hard to say for sure.

chandigz · #3 10-09-2012, 02:05 AM

It looks like the tonga stuff. The first is M. verrucosa and snappy is right on the M. nodosa.

Snappy · #4 10-09-2012, 02:35 AM

I am sticking with M.danae but that is only my opinion.

That said both verrucosa & danae have a lot of similarities but either way it's a nice piece with loads of potential.

RESONANCE · #5 10-12-2012, 12:55 AM

Thanks for the guesses guys! Yeah I agree Snappy hit the second/ orange one right on the head. As soon as I googled the latin name, similar looking images came up. Still not certain what the true name of the first one is though.

A little more info on it. At the store they were under Halide + T5HO Actinic combo and the base of the first coral looked more yellowish while the polyps were an intense bright blue. The orange one looked more like a vivid metallic orange. Well that's what I remember anyways.

Yeah my lights are configured to grow macro algae and sea grass (my primary interest). I need to raise funds to start my DT reef tank soon.