Two different color monti caps growing together how common? Pics

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13102562#post13102562 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fishfanatic06
I voted! Emster's tank is definetly worthy of totm!

Thank you very much, I'm really glad you liked the tank!

I took some updated pics tonight not sure much as changed but as requested, hope you like...

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look at that its seemless

what if there was a polyp with some green and some red tentacles?!!!

that would be awsome
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12976051#post12976051 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Emster
Thank you. This one was taken on 4/1/08...

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And this one was taken on 7/15/08....

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I have about 6 or 7 frag discs that I made up, they have been in the frag tank for awhile now, going to combine 3 or 4 of them together and put them in my display tomorrow. Don't know if I posted a pic of my display but here is an old one....

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what type of lighting are you using?
 
Emmett,

Really awesome! No white at all. I have several digis doing this but that frag disk idea is great. As I looked at your last picture, I thought about how cool a specific picture would be on a disk(love the checkerboard too though!). Like a paint by numbers. Would be very interesting for a base until it grows out of course.
 
gohan23- My display tank has two 250watt aquaconnect 14k bulbs and my frag tank is a 250watt phoenix 14K on HQI ballast.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13111742#post13111742 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mkbtank
Emmett,

Really awesome! No white at all. I have several digis doing this but that frag disk idea is great. As I looked at your last picture, I thought about how cool a specific picture would be on a disk(love the checkerboard too though!). Like a paint by numbers. Would be very interesting for a base until it grows out of course.

What I would really want would be two encrusting montis that did not kill each other but have yet to find them. I think the down side with the caps is they will fan out over each other and one will try and win out. I think if you could find some encrusting montis that did this you could actually make some pretty cool stuff and maybe a picture or you know how they do with flowers at Disney and write things. I think I can still do some pretty cool things with the caps by trimming them or I think they might swirl up and look pretty cool too,can't wait to see what happens.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13116811#post13116811 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Emster
What I would really want would be two encrusting montis that did not kill each other but have yet to find them.

I have found the encrusting montis behave the same as the caps. They don't fight but one is always going to grow faster and will eventually grow over the other one.

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Travis that is nice. Is one of those a purple haze? Just thought I would ask I got one just like it. It looks like that green birdsnest is growing with the caps too!
 
Awesome!! I am just in awe of these pics.
Are the purple haze and the Idaho grape the same? Or are they different?

Thanks
Spleify
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13117805#post13117805 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Emster
Travis that is nice. Is one of those a purple haze? Just thought I would ask I got one just like it. It looks like that green birdsnest is growing with the caps too!

I'm not sure what the purple haze is. If you are talking about the cap, that is the Idaho grape. If you are talking about the encrusting monti, that is just an aquacultured superman knockoff.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13119035#post13119035 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis
I'm not sure what the purple haze is. If you are talking about the cap, that is the Idaho grape. If you are talking about the encrusting monti, that is just an aquacultured superman knockoff.

Travis- congratulations on your TOTM! I am looking forward to reading about your system but so far have just looked at the pics:thumbsup: Well Done!!

The purple haze is the encrusting one on the left next to the superman in your pic, its really a beautiful piece....


Sorry these are the best pics of my purple haze I could find, it is much larger now and is probably my fastest growing monti, it is behind and on the right in this pic...

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This is another pic of some frags of it...

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13111582#post13111582 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gohan23
What kind of lighting do you have? bulbs, watts, 20k??

Hamilton 250w 14k
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13118862#post13118862 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by spleify
Are the purple haze and the Idaho grape the same? Or are they different?
They're different. Purple Haze is an encrusting monti. Idaho Grape is a monti cap.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13165172#post13165172 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by IFbettas
You definately deserve TOTM! I want to see some new pics too.

Thank you very much!

I will try and get some updated shots soon, but I have to tell you they are not really growing that fast. I think it could be because they are in my frag tank and they are constantly getting moved around, its a tuff life in there.

Heres is a pic of some that I put in my display tank and they are just now starting to color back up but still need a little more time to grow together...

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