Sunset Montipora – Warm Glow, Encrusting Fire

The Sunset Monti is a reef favorite known for its fiery orange base and bright neon green polyps, creating a glowing contrast that mimics a glowing tropical sunset on your rockwork. Under actinic lighting, the colors intensify—the orange glows with warmth while the green polyps sparkle like stars across the surface.

This encrusting Montipora spreads steadily across plugs, shelves, and rock, forming a smooth, vibrant skin of color that adds instant visual pop to SPS gardens and mixed reefs. It’s hardy, fast-growing, and thrives in moderate to high PARwith stable nutrients and moderate flow.

• Species: Montipora sp. “Sunset”

• Coloration: Fiery orange base with neon green polyps

• Lighting: Moderate to high (200–350 PAR)

• Flow: Moderate for smooth growth and polyp extension

• Growth Form: Encrusting

• Aquacultured at Treasure Corals (Canada)

The Sunset Monti is perfect for filling in negative space or creating a glowing backdrop beneath branching SPS—bold, dependable, and always eye-catching.

Vibrant. Fast. Glowing with warmth—Sunset Monti is reef color at golden hour.