UCA’s Wildfire Monti is a killer specimen of Montipora caliculata

One of the things that we particularly like about Ultra Corals Australia is that they are coral collectors with the eyes of a reef aquarium hobbyist. To that end UCA is always on the lookout for new and unusual corals with their latest find called the UCA Wildfire Monti being a particularly exceptional colony ofMontipora caliculata.

When Charlie Veron’s seminal Corals of the World came out, one of the Montis that really caught our attention is the strikingMontipora caliculata.The photo of a particularly textured pillar-shaped colony really does it for us with a combination of robust shape and a highly textured, reticulated surface.

Montipora caliculata虽然数量很少，但以前是进口的，UCA的野火蒙蒂（Wildfire Monti）是我们第一个以美丽的形状和质地看到的，而且是覆盆子粉红色的红色息肉，与纸巾的底色形成鲜明对比。作为一个奇异的殖民地，目前是UCA Wildfire Monti可能首先以在澳大利亚的传播中最终出现，而在美国，这将使水族馆珊瑚的光荣这一特殊Montipora caliculata将会成为，但仅仅知道这种物种存在于这种颜色中是足够令人兴奋的。