Orange in SPS

[i cant think]

I’m curious as to what SPS you guys have that are orange. The only ones I can think of are Montipora setosa and Montipora capricornis.
So what SPS do you guys have that are orange?

 

[elysics]

M. samarensis can be orange or red depending on parameters, things like Monti crazy t and relatives can be yellow or orange depending on parameters.

I have seen mystic sunset Monti in orange too before

There also are orange A. tenuis but I don't have those myself

 

[chipchipbro]

The best is CRT Orange Dragoncicle from @coral reeftank

Some of my Acro Collection

The King of the QT! Here is my baby powder blue x gold rim hybrid. I had been eyeballing it for several weeks at the lfs and snatched it yesterday. It’s such an amazing fish. It’s awesome to compare the hybridization of the two species, especially when you have prime examples of both species...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[i cant think]

The best is CRT Orange Dragoncicle from @coral reeftank

Some of my Acro Collection

The King of the QT! Here is my baby powder blue x gold rim hybrid. I had been eyeballing it for several weeks at the lfs and snatched it yesterday. It’s such an amazing fish. It’s awesome to compare the hybridization of the two species, especially when you have prime examples of both species...

www.reef2reef.com

That dragoncicle is a stunner, if only it wasn’t a deeper water acro.

 

[homer1475]

Haven't seen to many orange sticks that aren't bathed in blue light, certainly plenty of orange monti's though.

 

[elysics]

The best is CRT Orange Dragoncicle from @coral reeftank

Some of my Acro Collection

The King of the QT! Here is my baby powder blue x gold rim hybrid. I had been eyeballing it for several weeks at the lfs and snatched it yesterday. It’s such an amazing fish. It’s awesome to compare the hybridization of the two species, especially when you have prime examples of both species...

www.reef2reef.com

I don't know why, but I have a sudden urge to spend money

 

[homer1475]

Makes 2 of us!

 

[i cant think]

Makes 2 of us!

Make that 3… If I had the tank I would be acclimating an Acropora carduus to my lighting in a heart beat.

 

[homer1475]

Seems to be a deeper water smoothie. I have never had much luck with smoothies.

 

[i cant think]

Seems to be a deeper water smoothie. I have never had much luck with smoothies.

They’re a pain but they’re too pretty to not want to try out.

 

[homer1475]

Oh they are beautiful, just never had much luck with them. They are certainly fickle.

 

[NanoJHB]

Forest fire Montipora digitata. Looks super similar to the M. Samarensis

 

[i cant think]

Forest fire Montipora digitata. Looks super similar to the M. Samarensis

I thought that the forest fire was Samarensis.

 

[mtraylor]

Orange passion sps, dendro, chalice

 

[BaliReefBox]

Make that 3… If I had the tank I would be acclimating an Acropora carduus to my lighting in a heart beat.

hi would yuo mind expanding on the acclimating please... do you leave the frag at the bottom and work it up to position over a period of time...thx just trying to learn cheers

 

[i cant think]

hi would yuo mind expanding on the acclimating please... do you leave the frag at the bottom and work it up to position over a period of time...thx just trying to learn cheers

You need to start out with extremely low lighting (I believe it’s 150-200 PAR but I could be wrong). Then you slowly, and I mean slowly ramp up the lighting to normal reef lighting depending on what coral you own. Usually we ramp PAR to being between 300 and 350 (I had to bump my light down because originally it was pushing 600+).
And once you have it acclimated to the PAR on the sand bed you’ll want to slowly acclimate it up the rockwork just how you’d usually do when acclimating other Corals to your lighting.

 

[Brymac1]

Basic but cool

 

[lilopop11]

Like this ?

 

[i cant think]

Like this ?

Exactly like that! Those acros are stunning and so is the Mystic sunset. I got a regular sunset for my SPS tank and it looks like a regular monti cap with green polyps.

 

[EugeneVan]

I have one in orange color under blue light. Forgot what kind of SPS it is.