Lets see those monti caps

[marvelousone]

 

[Henry C]

 

[House]

I'm going to love this thread!

 

[marvelousone]

Those are awesome what are they called. I going to love it to. That red one is cool.

 

[RichieT]

Lets see those monticaps

Still waiting for this to get huge

 

[marvelousone]

Wow keep them coming

 

[Frick]

It will be interesting to see how many people actually have true Montipora capricornis opposed to the dozen of other Montipora species that plate and whirl in growth. The first one, marvelousone's, looks more like Montipora aequituberculata to me.
Corals of the World Factsheet and images - Montipora capricornis
Corals of the World Factsheet and images - Montipora aequituberculata

 

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This is a great picture! Did you just glue a frag to the back glass?

 

[marvelousone]

whatever which one it is. I still like it. It is hard for me to tell if they are actual caps. So if they look like caps is close enough from me. Yall can determine cap are not. Thanks for the info. Thats why i like this forum.

 

[marvelousone]

 

[Frick]

^^^That's Turbinaria reniformis. Not a Montipora. It's nice looking tho.

 

[CSJIII]

That is just awesome!

 

[Otter_rs]

Lets see those monticaps

^^^That's Turbinaria reniformis. Not a Montipora. It's nice looking tho.

I would have to disagree with that identification. I can't make an ID from that pic alone, but that does not look like a Terbinaria reniformis to me.


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[Frick]

I would have to disagree with that identification. I can't make an ID from that pic alone, but that does not look like a Terbinaria reniformis to me.


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It's not Montipora. My reasoning for that ID would be for the smooth skin, corallites that are spaced apart and they are semi raised at an outward angle, and the polyps compared to the GSP are too large to be Montipora but big enough to be Turbinaria reniformis. I suppose it is not 100% definitely Turbinaria reniformis, but I cannot find any thing closer to that ID.
Corals of the World Factsheet and images - Turbinaria reniformis

This thread should have been called "Let's see those plating SPS" My SPS ID OCD is tingling. LOL

 

[marvelousone]

which one are you talking about.

 

[Otter_rs]

Lets see those monticaps

It's not Montipora. My reasoning for that ID would be for the smooth skin, corallites that are spaced apart and they are semi raised at an outward angle, and the polyps compared to the GSP are too large to be Montipora but big enough to be Turbinaria reniformis. I suppose it is not 100% definitely Turbinaria reniformis, but I cannot find any thing closer to that ID.
Corals of the World Factsheet and images - Turbinaria reniformis

This thread should have been called "Let's see those plating SPS" My SPS ID OCD is tingling. LOL

You sound so sure of yourself. If there is one thing I've learned over the years, it is difficult to be 100% sure of anything in this hobby. There are always exceptions to rules, and IDs are very difficult when you only have a photo to go by. That pic has no size reference for you to make assumptions on polyp size and how far apart they are. I've never known a Turbinaria to have those colors or polyp pattern, but I have seen Montiporas that have all of the characteristics of the one in the pic. I'm not saying it is, but that is where I would lean to guess. Now, if that coral is 5" across as opposed to 14" across, then we are talking about 2 different coral IDs. Now I can only guess, but it looks like that coral is smaller than bigger. I'm not trying to start an argument or anything, I just want people to have as accurate info as possible, even if that info is unknown.


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[Frick]

You sound so sure of yourself. If there is one thing I've learned over the years, it is difficult to be 100% sure of anything in this hobby. There are always exceptions to rules, and IDs are very difficult when you only have a photo to go by. That pic has no size reference for you to make assumptions on polyp size and how far apart they are. I've never known a Turbinaria to have those colors or polyp pattern, but I have seen Montiporas that have all of the characteristics of the one in the pic. I'm not saying it is, but that is where I would lean to guess. Now, if that coral is 5" across as opposed to 14" across, then we are talking about 2 different coral IDs. Now I can only guess, but it looks like that coral is smaller than bigger. I'm not trying to start an argument or anything, I just want people to have as accurate info as possible, even if that info is unknown.


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I said I am not 100% sure. I explained what i was going on to determine size of the polyps. That is the most common color form of[FONT=Helvetica, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans, Arial, sans-serif][/FONT]Turbinaria reniformis, not that color should be used as a way of proper identification. Now polyp pattern is another reason i would choose to ID this coral as Turbinaria reniformis, the spacing and rows make a good fit. I don't start arguments just discussions. If I see a coral that is misidentified I feel the keeper should know. i would want to know. I might not be always right but so far i have most evidence and references about this one.

Here are some pictures of Turbinaria reniformis.

If I could find a Montipora species to compare marvelousone coral to I would. If you do I would respectively change my mind and agree with you.

 

[Frick]

which one are you talking about.

We are referring to this coral of yours marvelousone. I believe it is not a Montipora. Otter_rs believes it is. I am not trying to be rude but helpful. You are taking good care of it there is no debate about that.

 

[Otter_rs]

Lets see those monticaps

Here is a pic of what they call a mint chip capricornus, but can't verify an actual species.


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[PaulKreider]

Tagging along My monti cap is still just a baby