Diving along the Great Barrier Reef, under the guidance from master coral collector, Nic Dos Santos from Ultra Coral Australia, we had the opportunity to see a lot of very nice corals. On one of these dive, at an offshore reef that was a very long way from the shore as soon as we hit the water, we had no time to settle.
没有时间来测量我们可以从露天凿子上的锤子上听到这个礁石的巨大和丰富性。声音来自更深的部分,很快我们就可以看到Nic,要求我们跟随他在更深的部分。经过良好的长时间游泳,几乎喘不过气来,这是我们的珍贵,“海滩Bum Montipora”。
Not a shallow water Montipora:
On the gentle slope, just below this amazing table acros covered offshore reef, below 22 m (65 ft), this coral was glowing in the darker waters. It was really standing out of the coral mass and we could spot it from a distance. This explaining how Nic managed to see it, that far away from the boat in such a short time.
在Clearwater Offshore Reef方面,其独特的礁石扫描方法已充分利用。在深处快速奔跑,让他发现并收集特殊的深水项目,然后再收集草莓酥饼Acropora microcladosand otherA. Anthocercisin the shallows.
Not really a calm water Montipora neither:
它被软珊瑚包围,生长低和密集的硬珊瑚,例如Turbinaria mesenterina. It was competing with algae. All these were signs of heavy flow and swell. And these offshore clear water reefs, get pounded by ocean swell, and blasted by tide flows. Which greatly reduce the chance of diving these places. It can only be reach when conditions are perfect, no wind, no swell, and neap tides. It’s another reason why this coral is so precious, it lives in places which are hard to collect.
Aquarium conditions:
ThisMontipora palawanensis, obviously doesn’t need much light, although it probably adapts well to higher light exposure. Its thick, dense, laminar, encrusting skeleton is a good sign of high flow environment. But we have seen this species, not as colorful though in Indonesia in much calmer and shallower area. But according to Nic, these peach with bright purple polyp coloration is only found in this kind of environment.
这就是为什么它通常在坦克底部(最好是没有沙子)的底部表现出色的原因。通常是流量高,光线温和的地方。Montipora palawensishas the particularity of developing very large, irregular verrucae that fuse into ridges at the margin – A very unique feature among Montis that makes it really special.