Id this monti pls

[Psiber_Syn]

Got this frag it looks like moss or grass an ideas?

 

[Tommy's Reef]

Yeah i know what that is. That's one of those mossy grassy type coral things

 

[Tommy's Reef]

Jk Idk but it should get this thread going

 

[Tommy's Reef]

I don't think it's a monti though

 

[evolved]

Probably stylocoeniella.

 

[Psiber_Syn]

I think you are correct with the stylo are these common havent seen others talking about them

 

[FL_Reefer]

It's a plating monti in bad shape. I had one that looks just like that then it started to grow.

 

[Psiber_Syn]

In bad shape? Why u say that?

 

[evolved]

are these common

They're becoming a bit more common; there's still not a whole lot of them out there however.

From what I can see in the photo, condition looks fine to me.

 

[Tom Blevins]

Looks like what Cam Newton saw all day.;)

 

[Tommy's Reef]

Yeah but it looks darker like sum type of leather

 

[Tommy's Reef]

 

[Tommy's Reef]

No wait it's monti

 

[Tommy's Reef]

Evolved was right

 

[Psiber_Syn]

Better pics first closed second opened

 

[Tommy's Reef]

O yeah that's a much better picture

 

[Tommy's Reef]

Now it's more like a green and blueyy grasses mossyy type coral

 

[evolved]

No wait it's monti

No, it's stylocoeniella. :)
Montipora is an entirely separate genus!

 

[Wilsoni]

Probably stylocoeniella.

I would agree. Stylocoeniella definitely has similar traits. One way of testing this is by putting it in an area of high flow, if the polyps stay shut, I'm almost 100% positive that, that's what it is. I have a pink Jason Fox Stylo which is only happy under low light with low flow, whereas a Montipora usually does well under high light/flow.

Stylocoeniella have started to become a lot more common over the past few years. Their PE is incredible (:

 

[FL_Reefer]

Definitely not a monti, much better pics this time around. I would say stylo