Picture Date: October 12, 2023
Scientific Name: montipora digitata
Category: Small Polyp Stony Coral (SPS)
Common Name: Forest Fire Montipora Digitata (Tidal Gardens)
Possible Variants: Forest Fire Montipora Digitata (Tidal Gardens), Forest Fire Digitata Montipora (World Wide Corals)
Description: Orange polyps, white to green tips, greenish body.
Date Acquired:
Current System: 100g mixed reef
PAR: 190-210
Notes: I originally purchased this large frag from my local fish store. It was originally housed in my Reefer 170 and almost succumbed to STN. I fragged off the healthy parts and moved to my Max E-170, where it stayed until the 100g Reef was up.
Picture Date: June 18, 2022
First picture of frag after purchase from LFS.
Picture Date: July 5, 2022
Beginning of STN. I tried to stop the spread by dipping in CoralRX in this picture.
Picture Date: July 10, 2022
Continued progression of STN, dip did not slow it. This picture is back in the tank.
Picture Date: January 20, 2023
This is the next picture I have of the coral, showing what I saved from the STN. This is after it was also re-homed in the Max E-170.
Picture Date: March 11, 2023
Some additional growth, mainly encrusting the rock.
Picture Date: July 18, 2023
Four months of growth since March.
Picture Date: August 28, 2023
About another month of growth.
Picture Date: November 26, 2023
Latest picture, now living in 100g Reef tank.
Picture Date: November 26, 2023
This closer photo of the polyps is as close to the “real” color as I see it with my eyes.
This is under AI Hydra 32’s and AI Prime 16 HD’s. The AI settings in use at the time of the photo:
UV – 60%
V – 60%
RY – 60%
B – 60%
G – 5%
DR – 5%
ML – 25%
CW – 33%
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