coral i.d please

[Reef_Angel]

Would anyone happen to have any orange or purple Montipora capricornis? Would this grow from a frag if I happened to come across a nice piece of one? Also, if I go ahead and order it, does anyone have an opinion on the color. Both are pretty in pictures, but I'm wondering about how their true color and which is the nicest. Thanks!

[ramoth41]

From what I read in the "Guide" they need HIGH light to keep their colors.
So if you get one put it as close to the light as you can. But not in a strong current but a steady one. I've only had brown but the color is just a "morph" so growing from a frag should be realtivly easy! Ours was just a little frag and prolly tripled in size over a couple of months. So you should't have any problem growing a nice piece. As far as color preference...... anything other than green or brown!! lol Only because I have SO MUCH stuff in green/brown! lol
Hope that helps!
sarah

[Reef_Angel]

Thanks Sarah.... now all I have to do is just get me a nice piece of it so it will grow like crazy in my tank. It looks so pretty.

[jerryc]

The CAPS or not one that need super hi light good light but not like Acorpora
with the lighting you have i thank about 1/2 way up will work good for you.

Start them out low at first then after a few days put them in their permanent home

The Orange is a little hardier then the purple