Montipora Capricornis furry

[Planted Reef]

Has anyone ever seen a monti cap that has this furry look? This is a seasons greetings and it always looks like it has hair algae growing all over it. However, it can retract them and it looks smooth and bright green (like if a snail goes across it, it will leave a clean trail but, then its covered again moments later). Any ideas?

 

[blaxsun]

No, but it’s a nice looking coral.

 

[mdb_talon]

What you describe just sounds like polyps retracting and no issue at all. To me though that does not look anything like a seasons greeting monti I have seen.

 

[Planted Reef]

What you describe just sounds like polyps retracting and no issue at all. To me though that does not look anything like a seasons greeting monti I have seen.

You may be on to something. It was sold to me by my LFS as a seasons greeting monti. Here's a picture before it started growing a beard. Maybe its not a monti at all. Could it be a porites?

 

[homer1475]

Doesn't look like any plating monti I have seen(like the seasons greetings is). Looks more like an encruster of some sort.

 

[happyhourhero]

Yeah I don’t think that’s a monti. Pretty cool/happy tho

 

[Planted Reef]

Doesn't look like any plating monti I have seen(like the seasons greetings is). Looks more like an encruster of some sort.

Yeah, I think it actually is a porites. I just watched a vid that Thein from Tidal Gardens made about this coral and he stated that in the wild, they look almost furry. I'm going with porites. Thanks all