encrusting montipora suggestions needed

[keith sprague]

ordering new coral this week and wanna get some encrusting Monti.any suggestions and pics will be helpfull.

 

[iap]

I can suggest the sunset monti since that's the only one I have at the moment. And I have no pics of it. There is a great thread of monti pics here tho.

 

[dan223]

Mine like it at the top of the tank, high light, high flow and with alk 9-10 really starts to take off. I would acclimate, but in the end have it at the top of your reef for best growth and colors.

 

[iap]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1842463&highlight=monti+love

 

[Tater11]

here's our sunset old pic it's 3times this size now.in a 220gal tank 30in deep 8in off the bottom.

here's the mother colony

 

[Tater11]

superman

 

[rxx2]

Superman is my all time favorite encrusting monti.
Nice pic!

 

[Tater11]

thanks ya i really like the superman.we have it on a flat rock that's pretty big.hopefully it will encrust the whole thing.

 

[lReef_lKeeper]

look for a "hologram" ... THATS a cool monti

here is the mother colony (coralfarm123, thanks Ian) that my frag came from

 

[Tater11]

that's cool never seen that one.

 

[lReef_lKeeper]

i have a frag growing out now, but it will be a little while before i gat any that are ready to sell.

 

[rxx2]

Jedi mind trick is another nice one

 

[iap]

The LA lakers is a nice monti too

 

[keith sprague]

i like that superman alot.i need one mid way up my tank to encrust around a purple digi.thanx all keep em comeing

 

[Tater11]

i like that superman alot.i need one mid way up my tank to encrust around a purple digi.thanx all keep em comeing

thanks it's about half way up in the tank.using 3-250watt radiums.

 

[am3gross]

those are some nice montis! cant wait for my tank to be ready!!!

 

[Dustin1300]

look for a "hologram" ... THATS a cool monti

here is the mother colony (coralfarm123, thanks Ian) that my frag came from

Just picked up a frag of this as well as the sunset monti from Ian recently. Cannot wait for them to grow out. How long has the frag been growing out and how much light? (Not trying to highjack!)

 

[MechEng99]

I've had my frag of the "hologram montipora" for about two months now and it's growing great. It just came out of the QT tank and into the grow-out tank, so it's just starting to color up. It's currently under 250 PAR and is barely starting to get the greener base in spots. Really cool piece! I love the half-blue polyps.

The Sanddollar Monti is just a nice all-around piece. It's not a show-stopper, but I love it.

 

[rick12]

is it difficult to keep the colors on the montis?

 

[MechEng99]

As long as your parameters are stable and within good limits, there shouldn't be a problem keeping Montiporas colored up nicely. I kept Montiporas under PC bulbs for a while successfully, but they definitely colored up better under MH bulbs for me. My QT tank has lower lighting than what I should be using (just got a new setup...haven't installed it yet), so all of my SPS brown out while in QT. But, they color right back up when they go to the grow-out tank.