Encrusting corals?

[Reefist]

I have Tyree sunset Monti and Rainbow Monti Both grow at incredible speed and the sunset is at the base of a few branching corals and is stinging them. It's easy to clip a branch thats stinging another branch but not so easy with encrusting. The only coral it doesn't bother is branching Montipora but it does overtake it. Any suggestions? I might just have to try and scrape it back.
Thanks
Tom

 

[Gsxr600]

try getting a little chisel or flat head screwdriver in there and chiseling it back a bit. then put a piece of something (whether it be a frag disk, or an old piece of montipora skeleton) in btwn the two as a barrier so as the encrusting monti grows it grows onto something and you can break it off as a frag.

or if you just want to smother it back a little you can cover it with the underwater 2 part epoxy. i used to do this with green star polyps that were out of control.

 

[cullyisgully]

try getting a little chisel or flat head screwdriver in there and chiseling it back a bit. then put a piece of something (whether it be a frag disk, or an old piece of montipora skeleton) in btwn the two as a barrier so as the encrusting monti grows it grows onto something and you can break it off as a frag.

or if you just want to smother it back a little you can cover it with the underwater 2 part epoxy. i used to do this with green star polyps that were out of control.

+1 im with him

 

[bigsink]

Beat up the knucklehead that gave you those corals!

 

[Reefist]

Yourdoing a better job then I would. Hope your backs all straighten out.
Yeah this coral is stunning but it has become my weed and in order to frag it I will have to break down part of the tank. It visually grows by the day.

Tom

 

[bigsink]

Ill take a frag when you get one. Mine went with Sandy!

 

[Reefist]

Absolutely. I'll make one up let it grow a little and then I'll let you know.
Sorry you lost it.
Tom

 

[budddman]

You can also cover the encroaching edge with aiptasia x or super glue to slow it down.