Encrusting Monti - taking over

[lenzh]

Sorry if this is a n00b question...

I have an encrusting Monti - purple with pink polyps, that is just over growing all my other sps in that that area of the tank (Orange Poci, and green acro). What can I do to draw battle lines, and un-encrust it in critical areas? Is it as simple and brutal as just slicing it back with a scalpel, or is there some trick to it? Thanks for your help.

 

[robs.mark]

Tough one, maybe try putty over the top of it but eventually it will grow back. I'd love to see a pic?

 

[reefereef]

I use a small metal scraper and scrape the tissue off on my rainbow monti, casually around an inch a month

 

[jackson6745]

Get a hydnophora and place frags of it all over the monti that you want to kill

 

[DopeCantWin]

I use a screw driver to carve pieces off, I keep doing it too late and getting bit.

 

[MammothReefer]

I usally just peel off the edges with a razor blade and make frags.

 

[TauReef]

I usally just peel off the edges with a razor blade and make frags.

Same here.

 

[lenzh]

I'll be getting my toolkit out and trying to cut back later tonight. Thanks all for your suggestions

 

[bobkill]

Get ruff with it and you will win

 

[ST1Doppelganger]

Frag it and then trade the frags for other corals.

 

[Digitalelectric]

Still no pics?

 

[shred5]

Yep frag it.. .Sell or trade the frags.

 

[lenzh]

Well I still haven't cleaned it up but I get the picture. Don't be kind...


Speaking of pictures here is one. I haven't figured out the color balance thing so much. Not much of a photographer. There's only room for so many hobbies:twitch:

 

[dadummy]

let it encrust the branches then sell the ultra rare branching colony on ebay for a small fortune

 

[shred5]

That looks nice... A lot of people would kill to have your problem.. It looks very natural.

 

[DopeCantWin]

That looks nice... A lot of people would kill to have your problem.. It looks very natural.

Just wait till that Monti kills a $50 a frag SPS, then tell me what you think.

 

[xxxduke62xxx]

my encrusting montis i usually put on a seperate rock in the sand bed.when they outgrow the rocks i frag. for the one in the picture you can use putty and slow it down

 

[slapshot]

I mix kalk paste into a thick paste and put it on the montie where I want it gone. leave it there for 5 minutes and no more montie. Stops the spread for a month or so then I have to do it again.