🍷🔥 Jason Fox Vino Grafted Montipora – Frag (Photo Reference)
Montipora sp. – Legendary Grafted SPS With Deep Wine-Red & Purple Zones (Representative Photo)
🧬 Overview
The Jason Fox Vino Grafted Montipora is a collector-grade SPS famous for its true grafted pattern, combining deep wine-red (“vino”) tissue with rich purple to magenta zones within the same coral.
This is not a lighting trick — the contrasting colours grow together genetically, creating an evolving, high-impact graft as the coral spreads.
⚠️ This is NOT WYSIWYG — the photo shown is a representative example.
You will receive a healthy, tank-grown frag of the same Vino Grafted morph. Grafted patterning and colour distribution naturally vary and continue to evolve with growth.
🔹 Quick Stats
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Care Level: Easy to Moderate
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Temperament: Peaceful
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Colour Form: Wine-red grafted with purple/magenta zones; strong fluorescence under blues
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Lighting: Medium to High (PAR 180–350)
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Water Flow: Moderate to strong, broad/random
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Placement: Mid to upper rockwork with room for encrusting/plating growth
💡 Growth & Colour
Vino Grafted Montipora typically encrusts rapidly, later forming plates or layered growth. Under stable reef conditions, expect:
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expansion of grafted colour boundaries
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intensified red–purple contrast under blue lighting
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continuously evolving graft patterns as new growth forms
Balanced nutrients are important — ultra-low systems may dull colour separation. Stable alkalinity supports clean growth edges and healthy graft development.
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Primarily photosynthetic, but benefits from:
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fine powdered coral foods or micro-plankton
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amino acid blends 1–2× weekly
Supplemental feeding can enhance colour depth and growth rate.
📈 Optimal Parameters
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Alkalinity: 7.5–8.5 dKH
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Calcium: 420–450 ppm
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Magnesium: 1250–1400 ppm
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Nitrate: 2–10 ppm
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Phosphate: 0.02–0.08 ppm
📍 Placement
Allow horizontal space for graft expansion. Place where light is even and flow is broad to maintain crisp colour separation between grafted zones.
🍷🔥 Jason Fox Vino Grafted Montipora – Frag
A true high-end grafted Montipora delivering deep wine tones, rich purples, and evolving natural artwork.
Tank-grown and carefully selected — supplied as a healthy frag similar to the photo shown.