Pokerstar Monti vs. Rainbow Monti

[nanoreefer22]

Whats the difference btwn the 2? The look completely identical to me.

 

[tosiek]

maybe you have two of the same and didn't know it?

 

[nanoreefer22]

T, I only have the rainbow, but in the pictures I look at I can't tell the difference btwn the two.

 

[steveo32]

Kris, Can you post pics of yours. The rainbow monti should have shades of green,blues and reddish. While the pokerstar is mainly green polyps with a blue base.
I have seen some frags of the rainbow "brown out" ,could that be the issue

 

[Deanos]

Pokerstar monti

The purple flesh is adorned with tiny green polyps with orange centers.

Rainbow monti

The Polyps of this Rainbow Monti are bright green within the corals center section. On the leading growth edge polyps turn orange/red. What makes this coloration change even more interesting is that polyps located in the area between the leading edge and center section have pigments with a spread coloration located spectrally between red and green. As you travel outward from the center section the pigments change from green to yellow to orange and then finally reddish orange.

The Rainbow Monti is blue with polyps ranging from green to yellow to deep orange-red along the new growth regions.

IMO, true Pokerstar montipora polyps remain green, whereas rainbows' change from orange/red to green as they age.

 

[steveo32]

this is an example of a rainbow monti

 

[nanoreefer22]

Steveo,

Thanks Mine looks almost identical to the picture, has a lot more red polyps and some are finally turning green.

Dean,
That's just what I was looking for. I definitely have the rainbow

 

[pnoyreefer]

Pokerstar

 

[steveo32]

This shows a little more of what Dean was saying as far as pigment change

 

[nanoreefer22]

MR:hug: Thanks guys now I don't have to wonder anymore

 

[Tonyscoots84]

kris = the wonderer :iamwithst :lol2: :biggrin: