WMAS Discussion Forum : Is this Setosa? http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:30:38 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:00:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.03 360 www.utahreefs.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=75573 <![CDATA[WMAS Discussion Forum]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/1by1.gif http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/ <![CDATA[Is this Setosa? : I bet you are right. I will let...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=590385&title=is-this-setosa#590385 Author: Indu
Subject: 75573
Posted: April 24 2015 at 10:00am

I bet you are right. I will let everyone know how it turns out in a few months. This has been in the tank when we bought it about 8-9 months ago.

Thanks
Indu
]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:00:54 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=590385&title=is-this-setosa#590385 <![CDATA[Is this Setosa? : There are what looks like many...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=590319&title=is-this-setosa#590319 Author: ReefdUp
Subject: 75573
Posted: April 23 2015 at 6:05am

There are what looks like many vermetid snail tubes in the photos. They will cause a lot of that odd growth.

I think in 6 months it'll look like a normal plating monti.]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2015 06:05:22 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=590319&title=is-this-setosa#590319 <![CDATA[Is this Setosa? : my opinion, not worth much but.. lol...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=590309&title=is-this-setosa#590309 Author: juanjose
Subject: 75573
Posted: April 22 2015 at 10:06pm

my opinion, not worth much but..

lol its just a motipora frag that is growing weird. possibly cut and glued ridiculously by whom ever fragged it. and lighting can cause weird things to happen.

]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2015 22:06:39 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=590309&title=is-this-setosa#590309 <![CDATA[Is this Setosa? : Very interesting. How much of...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=589021&title=is-this-setosa#589021 Author: Mark Peterson
Subject: 75573
Posted: April 04 2015 at 10:04pm

Very interesting. How much of that is growth since it's been in your tank? Toward the bottom it seems to be growing like M. capricornis but older growth(?) comes stretching out in almost random shape as if it were Hydnophora. Some parts remind me of M. undata gone wild. Wacko
I'm curious to know if it has been in the same spot the entire time, what is the flow like there and last and perhaps most important, what coral is upstream that might be sending out chemicals to make it grow that way?

Aloha,
Mark Hug
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Subject: 75573
Posted: April 04 2015 at 10:40am

Managed to get some more pictures.






]]> Sat, 04 Apr 2015 10:40:52 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=588989&title=is-this-setosa#588989 <![CDATA[Is this Setosa? : I had an Orange Cap that started...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=588914&title=is-this-setosa#588914 Author: BobC63
Subject: 75573
Posted: April 03 2015 at 9:08am

I had an Orange Cap that started out covering - almost 'encrusting' - the rock it was on before it started plating out horizontally.
 
Looked alot like your photo, Indu
]]> Fri, 03 Apr 2015 09:08:11 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=588914&title=is-this-setosa#588914 <![CDATA[Is this Setosa? : It doesn&#039;t exactly look like...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=588911&title=is-this-setosa#588911 Author: Indu
Subject: 75573
Posted: April 03 2015 at 9:00am

It doesn't exactly look like the picture tileman posted. 

Thank you ReefdUp. It has been in the tank right from the beginning (about 8 months). I am still trying to get a better picture. Will post as soon as I can.

Thanks
]]> Fri, 03 Apr 2015 09:00:43 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=588911&title=is-this-setosa#588911 <![CDATA[Is this Setosa? : Ok, now that I have my book...M....]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=588882&title=is-this-setosa#588882 Author: ReefdUp
Subject: 75573
Posted: April 02 2015 at 7:16pm

Ok, now that I have my book...

M. hodgsoni is out since the OP's coral doesn't have nearly the coenosteum ridges.
M. undata is definitely out due to no tuberculae ridges.
M. nodosa is definitely out due to no fused thecal papillae.

As Mark mentioned, corals grow depending on the local conditions. I usually like to ID corals when they reach about 6". Montipora and Acropora are the hardest genus to identify to the species level.

It could be M. capricornis as Bob mentioned (sorry, I was on my phone earlier and couldn't see enough detail). It may also be M. florida. I'm guessing it won't encrust much longer - it'll probably start plating here soon. It doesn't appear to be one of the true encrusting species.

Edited by ReefdUp - April 02 2015 at 7:18pm]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:16:41 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=588882&title=is-this-setosa#588882 <![CDATA[Is this Setosa? : Setosa grows in almost a branching...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=588880&title=is-this-setosa#588880 Author: tileman
Subject: 75573
Posted: April 02 2015 at 7:11pm

Setosa grows in almost a branching form.


]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:11:29 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=588880&title=is-this-setosa#588880 <![CDATA[Is this Setosa? : It does not look like M. setosa...]]> http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=75573&PID=588873&title=is-this-setosa#588873 Author: Mark Peterson
Subject: 75573
Posted: April 02 2015 at 4:49pm

It does not look like M. setosa to me either.
It could be M. undata or M. hodgesoni, or maybe even M. nodosa. Coral in aquaria often grow strangely different depending on light, flow, nutrient levels and nearby tank mates.

Hug

P.S. 
A bit of trivia.
Steve Tyree pre-dates the ORA company. He is an awesome hobbyist that started making money on some of the new varieties of coral that he acquired, grew and offered for sale at exorbitant prices. He just might be the originator of the marketing concept of giving coral cool sounding names to get more money for them.
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