SPS corals like Montipora, Acropora and many others are some of the most diverse, colorful and interesting stony corals we can keep and grow in aquariums. Along with their fast growth and incomparable colors comes some risk because their fast…
Is this the ‘True’ Montipora capricornis?
For so many years, we thought we saw Montipora capricornis everywhere. So many people were use that name for just any about any cup-shaped or plating Monti including M. foliosa, M. florida or M. aequituberculata was labelled a ‘Monti Cap’.…
Flower Polyp Montipora Appears with Intense GFP Infection
The Flower Polyp Montipora Cap is one of the older and more unique strains of Montipora in the reef aquarium hobby, and also one of our favorites. This light off-green Monti strain has a nice thick purple rim, but what really…
How To Grow The Most INTENSE Purple Rim Monti Cap
The purple rim Leng Sy cap is one of the most desirable and recognizable coral strains in the hobby of SPS reef keeping. Like zebra plecos and peppermint angelfish, images of the purple rim cap have been plastered on the…
My Favorite Corals: Vintage Montipora – Green Branching Cap & Leng Sy Cap
In the annals of reef aquarium history, there are two strains which really kicked off the whole concept of ‘limited edition’ corals – the green branching cap and the Leng Sy cap. These two strains of Montipora have been grown in…
The Leng Sy Cap is Still Unique Among All Montipora
The Leng Sy Cap is one of the most legendary and recognizable of all aquarium Montipora corals. First grown by Leng Sy and then popularized on the label of their Reef Solution bottle, this is one aquarium coral strain that never, ever…
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…
ORA releases new Montipora capricornis otherwise known as Pink Polyp Cap
The new ORA Pink Polyp Cap is another beautiful and trade-worthy coral added to the company’s offering. Just announced by ORA on Monday, the Pink Polyp Cap is an olive green colored Montipora capricornis with dark pink polyps. The nice contrast adds…
