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Toxic Spill Montipora
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Toxic Spill Montipora Limited Edition SPS Stony. Always Tanked Aquaculture Colony Image under T5's.
Crazy swirling fluorescent green pigments occur across the entire surface of the Toxic Spill.
This could be a case of green pigment grafting either in nature or within a reef shops aquarium.
What makes this grafted Montipora unusual is that the swirling grafted patterns are extensive.
 Image Copyright © 2011 by Always Tanked Aquaculture All Rights Reserved.
The name of this coral (Toxic Spill) accurately describes how bright fluorescing green pigments appear to be swirled or spilled onto its surface. The main image above was taken under actinic T5 lighting. The corals green swirls or its green toxic spill is also visible under 20,000 K metal halide lighting. Under halides however the main body appears less purple. Polyps are darker in color. This Montipora coral has a massive and thick plating growth form.

The Toxic Spill Montipora was discovered and named by Thomas Kosnosky and John Nicoll of Always Tanked Aquaculture. It was found within a local Southern California retail reef shop around March of 2011. The coral was imported within a transhipment from Indonesia. Apparently it did not have the extensive green grafting when it first arrived, but it may have just not been very visible. The green swirls developed more extensively in captivity and the tank it was held within did have a few green fluorescing Pocillopora damicornis colonies. John and Thomas recommend moderate to weak light levels with moderate water current.

Steve Tyree is maintaining a seed section of this coral for Reeffarmers.com in a 130 gallon Raceway Gyre BiZonal system. This system is naturally filtered with a semi-cryptic zone and a reef flat exposed zone. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positioned to receive moderate to weak light levels from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium metal halide. Water current is moderate. The first edition fragment was sold Buy It Now for $125.00

Toxic Spill Montipora Limited Edition SPS Stony. Always Tanked Aquaculture Image Under T5's.
Actual First Edition Fragment. A rectangular cutting from the thick plating massive parent colony.
Maximum length 5/8 inch and the maximum width is 1/2 inch. Fresh cut with fully healed sides.
 Image Copyright © 2011 by Always Tanked Aquaculture All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2011 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
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