Monti?

OllieNZ · 07/04/2016, 11:12 AM

Hi all,
Bought this as a monti, had some doubt cast on it's id.

Polyps are around 1/8 in (3mm) in diameter.

NeilFox · 07/05/2016, 10:17 AM

No it's not a Monti.

OllieNZ · 07/05/2016, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by NeilFox

No it's not a Monti.

Any ideas on what it actually is then?

NeilFox · 07/05/2016, 02:50 PM

Actually, I think my first answer may have been wrong. I thought the polyps were too large but I believe that it may be a Montastraea annularis. I just saw one not so long ago. Sorry for the first comment, I was distracted by work phone going off.

OllieNZ · 07/05/2016, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by NeilFox

Actually, I think my first answer may have been wrong. I thought the polyps were too large but I believe that it may be a Montastraea annularis. I just saw one not so long ago. Sorry for the first comment, I was distracted by work phone going off.

Thanks,
The polyps don't quite seem to match a montastrea from the pictures I've found.
Here's a closer up pic

And under blues

The closest I can find image wise is a green polyp purple montipora.

Thanks for taking the time to help out, it bugs me when things are not correctly identified (or even not identified at all) in the store. I'm still pretty new to reefing and try to sharpen my id skills.

rvareef · 07/05/2016, 03:41 PM

maybe turbinaria?

OllieNZ · 07/05/2016, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by rvareef

maybe turbinaria?

We might have a winner......
turbinaria mesenterina?

OllieNZ · 07/06/2016, 06:27 AM

Or possibly turbinaria reniformis?

C.Eymann · 07/06/2016, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by NeilFox

Actually, I think my first answer may have been wrong. I thought the polyps were too large but I believe that it may be a Montastraea annularis. I just saw one not so long ago. Sorry for the first comment, I was distracted by work phone going off.

Montastrea annularis a highly protected species from the Atlantic. Don't really exist in the hobby, also M. annularis has larger, more prominent raised corallites.

I would agree with tubinaria mesenterina.

sculpin2 · 08/23/2016, 07:12 AM

Reef Farmers Montipora venosa (Pink Sandollar) appears to be an exact match.

C.Eymann · 08/23/2016, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by sculpin2

Reef Farmers Montipora venosa (Pink Sandollar) appears to be an exact match.

M. venosa doesnt have as exsert corallites like OP's coral.

Notice how they are almost crater like? where as OP's corals corallites are slightly raised and pocketed ?

Pretty certain its Tubinaria mesenterina, could also be reninformis I have a difficult time telling those two apart.

sculpin2 · 08/23/2016, 05:54 PM

Their image:

C.Eymann · 08/24/2016, 01:28 AM

I'll still stick with Tubinaria is what OP has, just my opinion.

OllieNZ · 08/24/2016, 03:14 AM

Cheers all,
I spoke to the guy at the lfs who actually ordered the frags in. It was definitely turbinaria but he couldn't remember which species without going back through his records.

aromano · 09/22/2016, 04:41 PM

looks like a turbinaria I have in my tank

07/04/2016, 11:12 AM	#1
OllieNZ Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: UK Posts: 569	Monti? Hi all, Bought this as a monti, had some doubt cast on it's id. Polyps are around 1/8 in (3mm) in diameter. __________________ "Perhaps it is boredom, not intelligence, that has propelled humans up the evolutionary ladder." _________ Reefed out

07/05/2016, 10:17 AM	#2
NeilFox Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: DuPont, WA Posts: 947	No it's not a Monti. __________________ Even a Blind Squirrel finds a Nut now and then. Current Tank Info: 6.25 gal Nano, 40 gal SPS

07/05/2016, 02:50 PM	#4
NeilFox Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: DuPont, WA Posts: 947	Actually, I think my first answer may have been wrong. I thought the polyps were too large but I believe that it may be a Montastraea annularis. I just saw one not so long ago. Sorry for the first comment, I was distracted by work phone going off. __________________ Even a Blind Squirrel finds a Nut now and then. Current Tank Info: 6.25 gal Nano, 40 gal SPS

07/06/2016, 06:27 AM	#8
OllieNZ Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: UK Posts: 569	Or possibly turbinaria reniformis? __________________ "Perhaps it is boredom, not intelligence, that has propelled humans up the evolutionary ladder." _________ Reefed out

08/24/2016, 01:28 AM	#13
C.Eymann Cnidaria lover Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Winterpark FL Posts: 1,483	I'll still stick with Tubinaria is what OP has, just my opinion. __________________ "I glue animals to rocks" Current Tank Info: 80gal build in the works

07/05/2016, 03:41 PM	#6
rvareef In Memoriam Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 664	maybe turbinaria?

08/23/2016, 07:12 AM	#10
sculpin2 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 107	Reef Farmers Montipora venosa (Pink Sandollar) appears to be an exact match.

08/23/2016, 05:54 PM	#12
sculpin2 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 107	Their image:

08/24/2016, 03:14 AM	#14
OllieNZ Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: UK Posts: 569	Cheers all, I spoke to the guy at the lfs who actually ordered the frags in. It was definitely turbinaria but he couldn't remember which species without going back through his records. __________________ "Perhaps it is boredom, not intelligence, that has propelled humans up the evolutionary ladder." _________ Reefed out

09/22/2016, 04:41 PM	#15
aromano Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 316	looks like a turbinaria I have in my tank