Ahh, well thank you for your help once again.Nem did not go near it and all nems moved
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Ahh, well thank you for your help once again.Nem did not go near it and all nems moved
Thank you. I was afraid that it would be pocillopora, this is very unfortunate gonna have to take it back to my LFS than.The green one is a Pocillopora damicornis, the orange is a Montipora, might take a while for the frag to distinguish itself to confirm species unless someone has done that already. I think the suspects are Monti samarensis, altasepta, cactus and gaimardi. Possibly a digitata, really outside chance it’s a hispida or australiensis.
The differences that stick out are that Seriatopora polyps are lined up into rows along the corals and the tips usually don’t have an axial corallite or polyp on the tip branching Montipora also mostly lack that top axial corallite giving a kind of bald look to the tips of branches and the polyps are usually coming from a tiny pocket or depression in the surface. Pocillopora have that crappy look of “I’m gonna poop babies all over this joint” like it’s dropping those nasty polyps everywhere already. Pocillopora is the Xenia of hard coral.
I think i’ll just take it back to my LFS just incase. Read to many bad stories about pocillopora. It sucks because I think its a awesome looking coral, but I dont wanna risk it hurting my other corals.My money is on poccilopora. I wouldn't worry about reproduction at this point and see how it develops over the next couple months and then make the call. Should be able to get a better ID then with a little more growth.
Don’t let it discourage you at all from the other Pocillopora species though! The ones you probably don’t ever want are the damicornis, brevicornis, aliciae and acuta which all look similar to the damicornis and probably don’t belong with the super nice “cat paws” kinda shaped ones that have some amazing growth forms and texture with deep color to them. Pocillopora verrucosa fragThank you. I was afraid that it would be pocillopora, this is very unfortunate gonna have to take it back to my LFS than.
I don't think you would find aliciae in the hobby, as they are a subtropical Australian endemic.Don’t let it discourage you at all from the other Pocillopora species though! The ones you probably don’t ever want are the damicornis, brevicornis, aliciae and acuta which all look similar to the damicornis and probably don’t belong with the super nice “cat paws” kinda shaped ones that have some amazing growth forms and texture with deep color to them. Pocillopora verrucosa frag
Colony picture is not mine.
Looks awesome! Where did you find a frag of this?This is what you want for pocillopora. Got this verrucosa 8 months ago as a frag. Amazing growth.
I am from Europe, got it fom my LFS. He imports it.Looks awesome! Where did you find a frag of this?