This coral has some of the strangest colored polyps that we have seen in a Montipora
species. Polyps initially appear to have a two tone blue coloration to the human eye but
on closer examination patterns can be observed. When polyps are partially expanded they
appear to be colored dark blue with lite white blue stripes. When the polyps are fully
expanded the polyp has a flower petal appearence that is dark blue with white blue petals.
See closeup image below. This is why Reeffarmers
calls this coral the Montipora sp. Flower Petal Polyp Coral. The main body is colored
blue/purple along its edges. Inside of the blue there is a medium green and at the very
center of the thick plating coral they appears to be some yellow green pigments. We
have been maintaining this coral under moderate light and it would be interesting to
see how the corals pigments develop under strong light. This is another exotic coral
that Reeffarmers acquired from a private coral collecter located in Texas. We do not
know were the wild coral colony was initially exported from. Reeffarmers recieved
our captive grown seed fragment in the summer of 2004. We are maintaining this farmed
seed colony in one of our 125 gallon naturally filtered Tri-Zonal Reef Aquariums. In the
Reeffarmers.com captive reef the coral is currently recieving moderate light
from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. Limited Edition Reservation price is
currently $65 per small sized fragment. The monthly limited edition reservation schedules
can be found below. Please note effective March 2009 we have changed the harvesting and
reservation schedule to bimonthly. This better matches the corals long term growth rate
in captivity.
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