how to burn SPS

[Allmost]

Hello all,
so Ive been trying to make shapes and more using SPS corals, specially the monti caps ...

in the past I have done mix of SPS and soft corals with great success, used to plant them on aquarium decorations ... like Xenia as hair for a skeleton (I know childish, but many like it ... )

so now with SPS, I have the ISsue of them growing over each other, or the stronger one killing the others and taking over .... so was wondering if anyone has any Ideas as of how to limit the growth of a SPS ? or how to burn aline between them every couple of days, ?was thinking of some sort of acid, so I can take the piece out, and use a small Qtip to make bordered using acid to kill tht section, and let them grow it again before I repeat. (hope that made sense)

so wht chemical do you guys recommend ? HCL ? bleach ?

thanks in advanced, and I am not about to kill corals, please do not get this post wrong, I just want to set boundries between two monti caps.

 

[MammothReefer]

Just frag them.

 

[stingythingy45]

Yup,a little bonsai snipping.

 

[Bubbaboy]

I would suggest fragging, and sending unwanted frags to me!

 

[SaltSolutions1]

Just reading that made me cringe a little bit. Acid, Bleach?

I am with everyone else here, just frag the coral to keep a gap between the two.

 

[jc-reef]

^^^^^ +1 frag em. Just like when your prune back overgrown plants & bushes in a garden...same principal.

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[flyyyguy]

glue a strip of GSP in between every single colony in your tank

It will be like a little neighborhood with lawns seperating all the houses.

You could arrange a few aiptasia here and there like they were shrubs

 

[Allmost]

Thanks all. I do not think I asked my question correctly, so let me try again

I am making Canada flag using monti caps. I placed a big disk in tank, with 3 frags on it, two red monti and one white at the middle. They have grown out on surface of the disk, and now the disk looks like canadas flag! Two plates of red, and white at the middle ...
Now, the white monti is growing on top of the red monti. So I would like to stop the white one from growing. So it won't ruin my flag !

Anyways, Im gonna try Kalk on a qtip to make the borders, see how it goes. It should burn a nice line on the disk.

I do frag the growth outside of the disk.
Thanks

 

[ousnakebyte]

Thanks all. I do not think I asked my question correctly, so let me try again

I am making Canada flag using monti caps. I placed a big disk in tank, with 3 frags on it, two red monti and one white at the middle. They have grown out on surface of the disk, and now the disk looks like canadas flag!

I may vomit... :smokin:

 

[Jabrams]

I may vomit... :smokin:

LMAO :beer:

Have you tried just using a Dremel tool?

 

[highhopes592003]

Wow im a learning something new. This is truely interesting. Guessing its not hard to tell im a newbie but i love learning. Ive had a hex set up for a couple years but made some awful mistakes in the beginning and all you guys cant imagine how much a person like me appreciates all your posts. It really helps so much to steer me in the right direction but even this is so interesting. Not that ill ever try such a feat but ya never know someday lol. Take care and it sure is nice to meet you all on here.

 

[Jabrams]

Wow im a learning something new. This is truely interesting. Guessing its not hard to tell im a newbie but i love learning. Ive had a hex set up for a couple years but made some awful mistakes in the beginning and all you guys cant imagine how much a person like me appreciates all your posts. It really helps so much to steer me in the right direction but even this is so interesting. Not that ill ever try such a feat but ya never know someday lol. Take care and it sure is nice to meet you all on here.

Welcome to Reef Central

 

[MammothReefer]

Sigh, as a Canadian.. I must say... sigh..

 

[dvanacker]

First off please do not judge our country by one man.

secondly...never have I ever seen a white monti.

 

[rtbm]

secondly...never have I ever seen a white monti.

I've seen lot's of them:hmm4:

 

[MammothReefer]

Yes do not judge us by this post.. Judge us by our poutine for it is greater then any carne asada fries dish!

 

[dvanacker]

Yes...poutine and our good hockey players. Who, no matter how stupid they look, still manage to line up the hot chicks.

 

[Allmost]

Lol haha, well I guess you don't see what I mean, perhaps a pic could help.

The white piece is not really a monti, it white with blue polyps ... Dunno names.

Anyways, don't blame me, blame ppl who love these pieces and pay for them
If anything, I added creativity to canadas skill list lol jks

 

[SushiGirl]

Are the buyers aware that they're going to have to continue to do this kind of thing to keep it looking that way? Or are they going to be on here later asking the same question you are?

 

[SushiGirl]

Are the buyers aware that they're going to have to continue to do this kind of thing to keep it looking that way? Or are they going to be on here later asking the same question you are?