Setosa thread

Velodog2 · Dec 24, 2013

Nice tabling form! I like this coral when it grows less irregular. I know, I know. Asking a lot.

tektite · Dec 24, 2013

64Ivy said:
...This was one of the few pieces that survived my last crash, though it suffered greatly and had maybe a 1/2" of viable tissue left. Many hobbyists I know would have definitely tossed it at that stage. It is now over 6" in diameter.

I had one that fell off the frag rack and died back to literally one polyp, kept it to see just in case. It came back! Now its 2 colonies each about 3" across.

corsi1330 · Dec 24, 2013

Mine tables as well. bottom of the tank under 400w MH. Really nice coral, lots of color.

64Ivy · Dec 24, 2013

Velodog2 said:
So I picked up a pretty nice frag of this yesterday. It's been on my list, although not high on it. Still it's a nice piece and the color is more beautiful than I'd imagined and the smooth skin is sexy.

This is an unusual montipora that a lot of pple have but my search turned up little more than photos. What does it like and not like? It has an unusual and highly variable growth form. Does anyone have any experiences to share bout how to influence the form that it takes, or the color? What makes it encrust or branch? What makes it more irregular?

Well, we know that placing it on the bottom under 400W MHs seems to make it table. :smile:

Tangmaniac · Dec 25, 2013

Here is mine it's almost on the bottom of my 32" deep tank and its lit by AI sol blues , and its grows like weed :bigsmile:

tfp · Jan 19, 2014

lets try this again...

this is the backside of my shelf setosa

Velodog2 · Jan 19, 2014

Wow amazing tank! The setosa makes a nice "understory" coral.

spspirate · Jan 19, 2014

What a colony! Awesome

Acroholics · Jan 19, 2014

That is so kick @!&!

tektite · Jan 19, 2014

Still in a very small area, but my setosa is showing some purple grafting

Badfish83 · Jan 19, 2014

That is really cool.

Rocky Mountain Frags · Jan 19, 2014

Really cool, tektite!

Rocky Mountain Frags · Jan 19, 2014

Mine has a green graft in it.

tektite · Jan 19, 2014

Nice! Trade you

Purple AND green grafting on an orange setosa would be killer! I've heard of one or the other, but not both on the same colony yet.

Rocky Mountain Frags · Jan 19, 2014

Now that would be epic!! Let's try it!

tektite said:
Nice! Trade you Purple AND green grafting on an orange setosa would be killer! I've heard of one or the other, but not both on the same colony yet.