Purple Monti - What Kind ??

[fashionphile]

Purple Monti - What Kind ?? Updated pic

Can someone ID this monti for me, best pic I can get with my crap camera

thanks!

 

[subielover]

Looks like spongodes.

Really awesome looking piece!

 

[bamastunter]

very pretty

 

[fashionphile]

I did some searching before coming here and I cant find any pics or comments on purple spongodes. Only green or green with purple polyps.
this one is Purple/blue with reddish polyps

 

[livingcorals]

Nice! Did you start as a frag or just buy the colony?

 

[maus42]

Just looks like a really nicely colored Digitata to me.

 

[droblack]

+1 on really cool digitata.

 

[seafansar]

Looks like the purple digi I saw in this guy's 800 gallon display tank. Really nice coral!

 

[benny z]

+1 for purple digi, but yeah the growth structure looks a lot like spongodes.

 

[fashionphile]

Here is a close up shot with flash. Still think its a digi?
this is the very best my camera can do... :(

 

[stunreefer Verified Sponsor]

Still think its a digi?

No...

Although Montipora can be very difficult to ID, I don't think this is M. digitata. Different flow patterns and light conditions can make the exact same species appear very different.

Whatever it is it's awesome. I'll take it if you're disappointed that it's not a digi ;)

 

[schminksbro]

Montipora is second only to acropora for number of species of reef building corals. I would be willing to bet it is not a digitata but it could be any number of species. Very sweet though!