Branching monti of some sort?

Paul87 · Oct 29, 2016

Looking for an ID on this green coral. Not sure what this is, but it has been doing well for me. I always figured it was a type of monti, but I've never really seen it before. It's very fragile, the last pic is an accident frag caused by a small hermit.

Salty1962 · Oct 29, 2016

It's a monitpora but with a very unusual growth pattern. Cool!

Paul87 · Oct 30, 2016

Salty1962 said:
It's a monitpora but with a very unusual growth pattern. Cool!

Thanks, that's exactly why i snagged it up when I seen it at the LFS. Still very curious as to what i have here.

Tahoe61 · Oct 30, 2016

Looks like an Acropora palmata. It's not a coral you see a lot of in this hobby. Fairly fast grower.

scchase · Oct 30, 2016

Montipora hispida, it is a weed of a coral and can take over a tank, the sps version of gsp.

Paul87 · Oct 30, 2016

Don't believe it's either of those but I think scchase came real close. After looking at Montipora hispida, I stumbled upon Montipora hirsuta and it looks extremely close to me.

It looks almost identical to it in this article. What do you guys think?
https://reefbuilders.com/2015/07/08/medusa-montipora-hirsuta-from-sustainable-aquatics/