Montipora ID

[Perthegallon]

These aren’t the best pics but can anyone ID these

Montipora​

 

[Reef Psychology]

Reminds me of some of the organisms I studied in micro biology. Are you sure it's a monti? Look's sorta like a favia in these photos.

 

[Kasrift]

Definitely not Montipora.

 

[Perthegallon]

Reminds me of some of the organisms I studied in micro biology. Are you sure it's a monti? Look's sorta like a favia in these photos.

I’m pretty confident there Montipora

 

[Perthegallon]

Ak I wrong?

 

[Reefing102]

Doesn’t look like a monti to me. Polyps are too big. Looks more like goniopora

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

More like favia...

 

[Kasrift]

I’m pretty confident there Montipora

Nope, definitely not. Montipora don't have wall structures like that. The closest to "walls" would be Montipora palawensis, and those are like wrinkles on the brain and not uniform. You have some sort of brain coral, favia (although those don't technically exist).

 

[Perthegallon]

Doesn’t look like a monti to me. Polyps are too big. Looks more like goniopora

Yup your right I’m dumb

 

[Kasrift]

Or, as someone mentioned, it is a ticked off goniopora or a leptastrea that doesn't have it's polyps out.

 

[Perthegallon]

Or, as someone mentioned, it is a ticked off goniopora or a leptastrea that doesn't have it's polyps out.

Yeah I think it’s a little mad at me I’ve moved it two times today to get it in a good spot

 

[Kasrift]

If it is goniopora and you bought it as a Montipora, you got a steal. Gonis are harder though, so you might want to brush up on their care.

 

[Perthegallon]

If it is goniopora and you bought it as a Montipora, you got a steal. Gonis are harder though, so you might want to brush up on their care.

Yeah definitely there doesn’t seem to be much detail online but it’s not in a low flow environment with low lighting and I’ll check on it often to see how it’s doing. I’ll also try to give it some food when it’s a little happier

 

[encrustingacro]

Reminds me of some of the organisms I studied in micro biology. Are you sure it's a monti? Look's sorta like a favia in these photos.

More like favia...

Definitely not Favia as there are no Favias in the hobby.

 

[MrGisonni]

Looks like Goniopora

 

[Reef Psychology]

Definitely not Favia as there are no Favias in the hobby.

Imagine if we had to use actual taxonomy in this hobby. Part of me would like that, but Google would disagree.