Worlds first?

[agame2021]

I work at a local fish store and I have been told this is a worlds first but wanted to put it out there to test the waters.
Grafted Undata Montipora. My shop has been growing this out for a while now. This MC has been fragged multiple times and none of the frags have made it. Just recently last week we had our first successful fragging and these pieces look awesome!
In the MC you can see the red streak all the way across the coral all the way into the purple rim. A couple of the polyps have changed color but most have stayed the same as the original.

let me know your thoughts or if you can find anyone else who has this grafted montipora. Just trying to make sure we are the worlds first before we go live with our store.

 

[agame2021]

The spectrum and intensity will come into play. Many of the colors we appreciate in our corals become more pronounced under blue lighting. For example, frags from ORA arrive notably brown from being grown in their outdoor greenhouses under essentially a 6500K spectrum. Within a couple of weeks, said frags will start to color up under standard tank lighting (10,000K to 20,000K).

Intensity can play a role in color expression in high light loving corals as well, and will be highly coral specific. For something like M. undata (?) which can grow happily in as little as 50-100 PAR, it's hard to say how much of an effect intensity will have.

Considering the tank it was in was around 18 in under the surface of the water and now it’s a measly 6-7 in… maybe too much light difference then.
My manager ended up putting it under more direct light about the same flow.
Guess we will give it more time.

 

[Kasrift]

Is that an undata? Looks like a Montipora palawensis. I don't know if you can call it a worlds first since that would be too hard to verify, but it is amazing!

 

[RussiReef]

Wild grafted monti

 

[sculpin01]

If it's wild, it's much more likely to be a chimera from fused planulae. But it's still really cool.

 

[agame2021]

Is that an undata? Looks like a Montipora palawensis. I don't know if you can call it a worlds first since that would be too hard to verify, but it is amazing!

It is in fact “undata montipora”. That is a for sure known. What exactly is happening is a different story.(been gone this week will check on the coral on Saturday.)

 

[vetteguy53081]

It is in fact “undata montipora”. That is a for sure known. What exactly is happening is a different story.(been gone this week will check on the coral on Saturday.)

Its undata- but not worlds first. So many grafted versions of monti out there.
Here are some undata grafted:

 

[encrustingacro]

It is in fact “undata montipora”. That is a for sure known. What exactly is happening is a different story.(been gone this week will check on the coral on Saturday.)

Hobbyists misidentify corals all the time, so you can’t really be sure.

 

[RussiReef]

If it's wild, it's much more likely to be a chimera from fused planulae. But it's still really cool.

Yes, it is wild piece from Solomon island

 

[agame2021]

Hobbyists misidentify corals all the time, so you can’t really be sure.

Not hobbyists. Working with 20 year store owner and 15 year store manager. Plus received from a reputable distributor. Clearly it is what was stated species. Up for discussion was other sightings of undata montipora that has grafted.

 

[A Young Reefer]

Is that an undata? Looks like a Montipora palawensis. I don't know if you can call it a worlds first since that would be too hard to verify, but it is amazing!

The edges give it away that it’s an undata

 

[encrustingacro]

Not hobbyists. Working with 20 year store owner and 15 year store manager. Plus received from a reputable distributor. Clearly it is what was stated species. Up for discussion was other sightings of undata montipora that has grafted.

LFS workers and distributors identify things wrong all the time too.

 

[agame2021]

Here is an updated shot from today. I know I have been promising an update but haven’t remembered until today. Had the time.
Main colony just took off and got really green and red while the frag has dropped more to a blueish green and still has the red.
nothing more to really report other than that.

 

[1979fishgeek]

Is this the start of GFP in these orange monti? Tiny green areas started to appear this week a few days after fragging.

 

[sculpin01]

Looks like it.