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Limited Edition
Green Polyped
Sunset Coral
Green Polyped Sunset Coral Photo August 2006 (True Color Image)
Image Copyright © 2006 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
This coral definitly represents a new species of encrusting and massive stony coral that as far as we know has not been imported in the past. We have only just begun to see these corals within captivity during the later part of 2004. Here are some of the species very unique qualities. Polyps are twice the size of average Montipora polyps. They extend regularly during the day. When heavily stressed the corals living tissue will retract inside the skeleton and it can appear almost completely dead. This coral however will recover from heavy stress quickly and can even encrust quickly. It should eventually become a brilliantly colored staple of stony reefs. Polyp size leads one to suspect the coral to be either a Poritidae, Faviidae ? or one of the larger polyp sized Montiporas (such as M. foveolata or M. venosa). As can be seen in the corallite structure image below, when tissue is stressed and retracted the corallite structure has a slight faviidae or even a slight funnel shaped pattern. This led Reeffarmers to suspect at one time that the coral might be Leptastrea pruinosa. However, it will probably turn out to be Montipora foveolata, Porites australiensis or a similar species. We may eventually label the speciation of this coral as a Montipora or Porites. This particular specimen does have a brilliant orange coloration on its main base which is reminiscent of sunsets on the Pacific. Polyps have a brilliant fluorescent green coloration that contrasts incredibly with the orange. For now we are calling the coral the 'Green Polyped Sunset Coral' until a more accurate species ID can be done. This coral was originally found by Tong's Tropical Fish of Fountain Valley California. Hugo Zuniga (SNIPERSPS) spotted the coral at the reef shop and convinced Steve Tyree of Reeffarmers and Frank Burr of Tropical Reef Oasis into a trip to Tong's Tropical Fish. The three of us negotiated a purchase of a small section of this coral from Tong's. The coral was then cut into three even sections. Reeffarmers acquired one of the sections and is now distributing fragments on a limited edition basis. Since acquiring this coral we have seen other specimens of this species that lacked the brilliant orange coloration. It appears that the bright orange base color is rare for this species. Some aquarist might mistake the similarly colored Montipora effluorescens with this coral. That Montipora however has smaller polyps which have never developed the intense fluorescing green that this particular coral specimens polyps have developed. Steve Tyree is maintaining this coral for reeffarmers.com in a 125 gallon naturally filtered TriZonal system. This system is naturally filtered with a cryptic zone, filter feeder zone and reef flat exposed zone. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positoned 18 inches away from a 400 watt 20,000 K radium metal halide. The orange base coloration is being easily maintained with moderate light levels. Water current is moderate to weak. Price is currently $120 per small sized fragment. The monthly limited edition reservation schedules can be found below.
Green Polyped Sunset Coral Fragmment Photo February 2005 (Faded Color Image)
Image Copyright © 2005 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
Green Polyped Sunset Coral Fragment Closeup Photo
February 2005 (Faded Color Image)
Image Copyright © 2005 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
Green Polyped Sunset Coral Corallite Structure Photo
February 2005 (Faded Color Image)
Image Copyright © 2005 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
Green Polyped Sunset Coral 2006 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
 Delivered to K. Yanskey
February
 Shipped to M. Frost
March
 Reserved for D. Orona
April
 Reserved for B. Wilson
May
 Reserved for C. Conway
June
 Reserved for S. Bauer
July
 CFM Auction
August
 Reserved for R. Starling
September
 Reserved for Amer
October
 Reserved for L. Lau
November
 Reserved for M. Hopper
December
 Reserved for A. Beem

Green Polyped Sunset Coral 2007 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
 Reserved for B. Tsutaoka
February
 Reserved for R. Bash
March
 Reserved for B. Fox
April
 Reserved for J. Trinidad
May
 Reserved for K. Chow
June
 Reserved for P. Hickens
July
 Reserved for D. Schultz
August
 Reserved for S. Truett
September
 Reserved for L. Teixeira
October
 Reserved for M. Aback
November
 Reserved for J. Gallaway
December
 Reserved for G. Brinn

Green Polyped Sunset Coral 2008 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
 Reserved for J. Stoffel
February
 Reserved for C. Wong
March
 Reserved for A. Eastridge
April
 Reserved for C. Jurrens
May
 Reserved for T. Irelan
June
 Reserved for T. Wasden
July
 Reserved for D. Pham
August
 Reserved for M. Martinez
September
 Available
October
 Reserved for M. Maher
November
 Reserved for P. Schreiber
December
 Available

Green Polyped Sunset Coral 2009 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
January
 Available
February
 Available
March
 Available
April
 Available
May
 Available
June
 Available
July
 Available
August
 Available
September
 Available
October
 Available
November
 Available
December
 Available

Green Polyped Sunset Coral 2005 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule
March
 Shipped to M. Parramore
April
 Shipped to E. Nichols
May
 Shipped to C. Conway
June
 Shipped to A. Deukmedjian
July
 Reserved for C. Pasko
August
 Cancelled
September
 Shipped to R. Barton
October
 Shipped to J. Eichler
November
 Reserved for A. Andrasz
December
 Shipped to R. Stephens

To inquire about reserving a limited edition farmed fragment of this coral please send an email to reeffarmers@ispwest.com.
Copyright © 2005 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.
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