Phoenix Montipora from Route 66 is M. danae on fire
Montipora danae is a name that has often been misapplied to a range of montis with bumps, including superman, rainbow, pokerstar and just about any wild montipora with a somewhat bumpy surface. But here we have a picture perfect Montipora danae from Route 66 Marine with the telltale nodules that nearly dwarf the polyps and what Read More
Wild Singapore’s FlickR stream is a great source of wild coral photography
It is often quite easy to forget where the corals from our systems actually came from, or what they looked like in the wild. Wild Singapore’s photo stream is a huge collection of under water life photography and contains many beautiful pictures of reefs and large animals such as turtles and sharks, but the photo Read More
CDU Goldrush is an intriguing new Montipora from Corals Down Under
The CDU Goldrush is a new Monti strain that takes its name after the Australian collectors who discovered this unusual Montipora. Sharing some similar traits with favorite aquarium Montis like the Jedi Mind Trick and Sunset Montipora, the CDU Goldrush monti has a base of orange color with small green polyps but what makes this Read More
Yellow polyp orange cap – who knew that montipora came in this color?
We recently spotted an orange capricornis with yellow-green polyps at World Wide Corals which totally took us by surprise. As long as the aquarium hobby’s been keeping and growing plating Montipora corals and as many colored-polyp colonies that have been maricultured and imported from the wild, it really is a big surprise that very few ‘Caps’ have ever Read More
From the Archive: Montipora, the movie
The following post was first published just over two years ago. We think you’ll agree it deserves another go around. A couple months years ago we had the pleasure of sharing with you the teaser trailer to the then forthcoming Montipora movie from Vimeo user Delrious. Reef Builders had the good fortune of meeting Delrious Read More