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iwishtofish
09/12/2007, 05:33 AM
Is anyone familiar with this coral? I picked it up yesterday.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/bjdoyle64/GreenCoral_cropped.jpg

Oldude
09/12/2007, 02:58 PM
to me it looks like montipora confusa

iwishtofish
09/12/2007, 06:26 PM
Hey, it does! I never would have found that...thanks.

rleechb
09/12/2007, 08:44 PM
M. Spongodes :)

iwishtofish
09/13/2007, 05:18 AM
OK, now I'm confused... :)

I looked that one up, and now it really looks like it could be either. The color is more along the lines of the Confusa, although I know color varies within species.

JackKerouac
09/13/2007, 07:31 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10752292#post10752292 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Oldude
to me it looks like montipora confusa

ditto I think the same M.confusa

iwishtofish
09/14/2007, 06:03 AM
Thanks for the input from everyone - I hope to see more posts/opinions!

I did a little reading online, and one site ( http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedmontiporaconfusa.htm )suggests that the M. Confusa is relative rare and is a hard coral to keep.

The LFS SPS keeper that sold me this coral told me it grows fairly rapidly.

JackKerouac
09/14/2007, 07:55 AM
I have it under 400w 10000k° and is not so slow at all ,maybe in the natural filtration system of reeffarmers and under a 20000k° the things are different :)

bwest
09/17/2007, 12:45 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10754848#post10754848 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rleechb
M. Spongodes :)

I second Spongodes.

XSiVE
09/17/2007, 07:22 PM
Here's my Confusa
http://www.ryanensminger.com/gallery/d/982-2/CIMG0914.JPG

based on the images out there of Spongodes though, I'm torn on which it could be.

SuperNerd
09/28/2007, 02:12 AM
why not vietnamesis?