Montipora dead or alive?

[masonmiles99]

Hey got some live rock in today and i found this structure on one of the rocks. Where each polyp is there is a green dot, i cant tell if its fully dead and its algae or some sort of plant or if some of the polpys are still alive

 

[Dread Pirate Dave]

Maybe mostly dead with some glimmer of life?

 

[Sean Clark]

When there is color, there is life.

 

[masonmiles99]

Is there anything i can do to see if i can keep it alive? Like placement or lighting? I know its likely to die but i just think it would be cool to revive it because it came on the rock

 

[Dread Pirate Dave]

Is there anything i can do to see if i can keep it alive? Like placement or lighting? I know its likely to die but i just think it would be cool to revive it because it came on the rock

Good, stable water parameters along with decent lighting may give it a fighting chance. I had a blasto that got decimated by a peppermint shrimp that came back from what I thought was sure death. (so it is possible)

 

[Sean Clark]

It looks like the tank is very young. The monti is probably starved for nutrients and you may not have enough light to support it.

 

[masonmiles99]

It looks like the tank is very young. The monti is probably starved for nutrients and you may not have enough light to support it.

Yeah its like a week old! I just got in some live rock from Australia today and i threw it in the tank the rest of the rock is live rock from the lfs

this rock is so cool! So much life on it.... i was hoping for a invertebrate like a crab or a starfish but lots of cool stuff i dont know what it all is...

 

[masonmiles99]

It looks like the tank is very young. The monti is probably starved for nutrients and you may not have enough light to support it.

Are these pink encrusted bits coralline algae or something else? The lighting is a little weird but in person its like bubblegum pink

 

[Sean Clark]

Are these pink encrusted bits coralline algae or something else? The lighting is a little weird but in person its like bubblegum pink

The way it is encrusting looks like coraline, but it is hard to tell with the lighting.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Why is your light pink? Are you using reef lights or plant grow lights?

 

[thamnasteroid]

Doesn't look like a Monti btw

Where is this rock from? Florida/the gulf? Australia? If it's from Florida/the gulf, it's definitely not a Monti as Montipora don't occur in the Caribbean/Atlantic.