Rainbow or new morph

[reefboy]

this is a large colony that I recieved wild but has now fully encrusted the rock its on which is 6-7 inch's to me looks to be a rainbow but dosnt have all blue flesh but definatly differing colored polyps.

 

[roshi719]

What kind of lighting do you have it under?

 

[reefboy]

250 watt 20k

 

[AquaWorldPSC]

New Morph...

 

[surfn]

i would say new morph.

is it an encrusting monti?

be nice to get a mocro shot of some of those polyps

 

[roshi719]

Lookin' like a new morph to me. What color is the skin under the polyps?

 

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Looks more like an astreopora than a montipora to me.

 

[roshi719]

Looks more like an astreopora than a montipora to me.

Why do you say that?

 

[reefboy]

i would say new morph.

is it an encrusting monti?

be nice to get a mocro shot of some of those polyps

It's encrusting and I'll try to get you a closer shot of the polyps here shortly just went out and crab was walking over it and it was closed up lol but I will see what my cam can do.

 

[reef-lover]

I have a similiar piece... the body is purple and any new growth comes in blue. Nice piece.Fast grower...

 

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Why do you say that?

The polyps look bigger than the encrusting montis I usually see. They look more like the polyps I had on my tubs pink sprinkles. The polyps are more spread out than in the pic reef lover posted.
Im probably wrong on it as the astreos seem to also have longer polyps

 

[reefboy]

I have a similiar piece... the body is purple and any new growth comes in blue. Nice piece.Fast grower...

I think your right on so what do you think rainbow?

 

[Reef Pets]

I have to go with a rainbow. Rainbows from Bali look different than Rainbows from Kupang and so on. They look very simular but maybe the nutrients in the water changes them a little bit. I have had Rainbows side by side from 3 different locations and they all looked a little different. Either way, very nice!
What is the purple acro in the picture, lower left?

 

[reef-lover]

What is the purple acro in the picture, lower left?

It's a bonzai...

 

[reefboy]

very nice I need to get a piece of that is that the garf bonzai?

 

[IamRit]

Reefboy, that looks like the supergirl I have.

 

[er1c.the.reefer]

i thought i saw one similar to that on ultimatefrags a while back i think it was called black widow rainbow or something like that

 

[reefboy]

just a update this colony after taking pics a fish knocked a acro into it and over night wiped out entire colony

 

[pech29]

that sucks. sorry to hear that man. it was a nice colony indeed.

 

[reefboy]

Thanks but it's the name of the game in this hobby somtimes.