View Full Version : Montipora?
gusmanda
01/29/2010, 06:12 PM
Is this a montipora? My LFS was selling it as a chalice, but it looks to me like a montipora
http://reefcentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1351&pictureid=8508
Looks more like a type of Pagota..
gusmanda
01/30/2010, 11:05 PM
have any pagota pictures I can compare with? Canīt find pagota in google
marjar
01/30/2010, 11:12 PM
I just googled pogata coral and it gives me lots. You might wanna try that
Mindie
camlov2
01/30/2010, 11:20 PM
Chalice
-goes by the name Hollywood Stunner chalice or Sand Dollar Chalice
Kataro
01/31/2010, 12:00 AM
hollywood stunner
Nor_Cal_Guy
01/31/2010, 12:05 AM
Chalice
. . . Sand Dollar Chalice
2nd the motion
gusmanda
01/31/2010, 07:45 PM
wow, never thought this would be a LPS. My LFS said this was a chalice but I was questioning it, since it looked more like a hard coral. Are they easy to keep? Its labeled as easy but if it was easy I'd think it would be cheaper.
chilwil84
01/31/2010, 08:39 PM
easy to keep alive but a slow grower. chalices are also the in coral now so that adds a little extra to the price.
camlov2
01/31/2010, 10:05 PM
This is the fastest growing chalice I have ever had, I finally had to frag it up so that it wouldn't overtake the corals around it. Mine grew more like a cap so I understand where the montipora id would come from. I would watch carefully an night, mine put out some very long stinger tentacles towards a nearby coral.
gusmanda
01/31/2010, 10:57 PM
This is the fastest growing chalice I have ever had, I finally had to frag it up so that it wouldn't overtake the corals around it. Mine grew more like a cap so I understand where the montipora id would come from. I would watch carefully an night, mine put out some very long stinger tentacles towards a nearby coral.
how do you frag it? Just cut of a piece of the plate and place it in a nearby rock?
camlov2
02/01/2010, 11:38 PM
Just like a cap, since it grows so thin you can probably just snap it with your hands. Dremel or snips if you want a more acurate break. If it encrusts on the rock you would need a dremel or other tools.
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