The Jason Fox Midnight Dynamite Montipora (Montipora sp.)—lineaged and introduced by legendary coral collector Jason Fox—is an iconic, high-contrast Small Polyp Stony (SPS) coral celebrated for its unusual dark-mode color scheme and intricate skeletal form. Standing out sharply against typical bright orange or green montiporas, this cult-classic cultivar features a deep midnight-purple, slate-blue, or dark chocolate coenosteum (tissue base) studded with star-like, radioactive neon-green to yellow polyps and tipped with striking metallic blue-to-purple growth tips under actinic LED lighting.
Coloration: Deep midnight-purple, dark navy, or charcoal-chocolate base tissue, densely covered in glowing neon-green to bright yellow polyps, often featuring metallic electric-blue or ice-blue axial growth tips.
Growth Pattern: Irregular Branching / Encrusting-Branching (encrusts a thick base before sending up thin, delicate, interconnected branches and wavy nodules). Sold as a frag on a 0.5 – 1 in frag plug.
Lighting: Moderate to High (PAR 200–300).
Water Flow: Moderate to High (Strong, randomized turbulent current to keep detritus from settling within its delicate branching lattice).
Feeding: Photosynthetic; extends fine micro-polyps continuously to capture liquid amino acids, micro-plankton powders, and fine particulate SPS feeds.
Aggressiveness: Peaceful / Defenseless (lacks stinging sweeper tentacles; relies on steady growth, but can be easily overgrown or stung by aggressive LPS, softies, or anemones).
Care Level: Moderate (Relatively hardy for a lineaged SPS, but requires stable chemistry and bright actinic lighting to preserve its deep purple base contrast).
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