Has anyone seen this before?

[Wetdreads]

So I was shooting pics and thought I'd take a closer look at one of the newer Montipora pieces I'd gotten. Upon closer inspection it seems like only a single bud of the polyp is highlighted a bring yellow color. This is similar to the genetic mutation found on the Mystic Sunset, as well as the Half-Moon Bay Monti. However, I've never seen one with only the single dolyp.

Lemme know what y'all think.

 

[OCReefMadness]

Nice score.

 

[joker295]

looks good

 

[Wetdreads]

Thanks.. I'm excited to see what it looks like as it grows out.

 

[SoCalDude]

Looks cool. Similar to the sunset montipora mutation

 

[gumbii]

polyps make it look like a porite... the base makes it look like nodosa... seems to be a mystic sunset variation...

 

[Wetdreads]

Do you think the polyps could color up more possibly?

When I got it, it was brown. Over the last couple months the base has turned the orange color in the pic.

 

[gumbii]

if it ends up looking like this... then it's mystic sunset monti...

sometimes, i see some mystic sunset frags with one side of the polyp blue, the other side white... those white polyp tentacles are what is making me think it's some sort of mystic sunset variation, or possibly a recovering mystic sunset... or something totally new... you never know...

but the growth of it doesn't look like a mystic sunset... might be a tuberculosa as well... since it doesn't have any profound verrucols or whatever they're called...

 

[Wetdreads]

Yeah you're right, its growth definitely doesn't look like the Mystic Sunset I used to have. Hopefully it does something crazy. Then we can come up with the 842975941th adjective to put in front of sunset hahah

 

[gumbii]

when you move it, do the polyps go all the way inside...? and the holes, do they have like a hexagon/honeycomb shape...? it might be a porite...

 

[Wetdreads]

When I disturb it the polyps shrink in, but I can still see the one white polyp so I wouldn't say it completely recedes in. The holes do like like a bunch of hexagons that form a honeycomb pattern.

 

[FOSELONE]

looks like an evil tongue :eviltongue:

 

[OGMOSES]

LE SPD monti
lol

dope piece thanks for the hook up bro