Coral of the Week: Grafted Montipora Capricornis

[redtop03]

I clipped a couple pieces from both of mine and glued them together,we'll see if it works LOL I did 2 frags incase 1 is a fluke

 

[Jordangil]

I clipped a couple pieces from both of mine and glued them together,we'll see if it works LOL I did 2 frags incase 1 is a fluke

I mean I guess it could work but I would think everyone would be doing it if it really worked like that . Wwc said they tried that and it didn't work the only way it will work is if you take a green piece and a red piece from the same colony and put it together .

 

[Frick]

I mean I guess it could work but I would think everyone would be doing it if it really worked like that . Wwc said they tried that and it didn't work the only way it will work is if you take a green piece and a red piece from the same colony and put it together .

They have to be the same species. I don't think everyone realizes how many Montiopora species there are out there that look like capricornis but are not at all. Idaho Grape, not a capricornis. Flower Petal, not a cap. I have Montipora capitata, which branches, in my tank and i call it my Monti cap.

 

[RichieT]

Here is the piece I picked up from WWC. Very cool piece. What is really interesting is that some of the polyps actually have both green and red.

This is a piece I picked up recently. It started off as a frag of Reef Tech's Starburst Monti, but has recently picked up a green streak. The green streak is on the right side of the frag. Hopefully it keeps the graft and continues to grow out.

 

[Rick]

that reef tech is sick hope the pigmentation stays

 

[Acameron2]

Bringing back an oldie since I just got me one from mr fox a couple weeks ago.

 

[G8trBait16]

I wanted to see where you should place this coral. I just bought one from WWC and I have a 75G with 8x54w ATI fixture over it with 2 MP40's on the back wall. Thank you for the help