Chrissy Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 A few weeks ago, I took a small frag of green/purple rim monti cap and red monticap and glued them next to each other on a piece of LR rubble to try to get them to grow into each other. The red grows a little faster than the green, but they are growing together. So tonight, I took the frag out, and glued a piece of purple cap to it. I can't wait to see what it looks like when it grows out! Has anyone done this before? Any pics? Thought it was a neat experiment, and will take pics as it grows. Link to comment
Avon Barksdale Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I wondered about that before........Let me know how it turns out....Plus use this as a bump!!!! Curious to see if others have tried this... Link to comment
121a Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 it is usually common to see this in larger tanks that have huge SPS colonies. check out the TOTM at RC i think they have a red and blue combo. It is quiet cool Link to comment
FLIPbmw Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 My purple and green tend to sting eachother causing white spots. It happened once when the powerhead blew a purple piece onto my green frag and got 'burned' pretty bad. Link to comment
Chrissy Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 it is usually common to see this in larger tanks that have huge SPS colonies. check out the TOTM at RC i think they have a red and blue combo. It is quiet cool Thanks a bunch for that info...that one picture with all of those colors growing together looks amazing! Link to comment
m'akoyPINOY Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...5&pagenumber=1 nice morph! Link to comment
AcroporaLokani Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Wow that frag will look awesome when it grows out. If you have extra monti cap you can frag up you should try to sell these on the livestock sales forums. They probably would sell fast since it is unusual to see something like this for sale. Link to comment
Chrissy Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 Wow that frag will look awesome when it grows out. If you have extra monti cap you can frag up you should try to sell these on the livestock sales forums. They probably would sell fast since it is unusual to see something like this for sale. Thanks AcroporaLokani! ....I'll see what I can do with my fraglets Link to comment
Chrissy Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 Well, I took your suggestion and made up a couple more... ~ red - green/purple rim ~ larger red - purple - green/purple rim ~ red - purple - darker green I'll edit this post with starter pics later on today. Link to comment
Avon Barksdale Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Dont forget about me Chrissy......lol Let me know how they turn out and I would definitely want a frag of that... Link to comment
Chrissy Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 Dont forget about me Chrissy......lol Let me know how they turn out and I would definitely want a frag of that... No problem..I'll keep updating here I can never get the camera to show the true colors of Monti Caps...but here are the new frags Link to comment
ddr_phish Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 No problem..I'll keep updating here I can never get the camera to show the true colors of Monti Caps...but here are the new frags Chrissy, that is the coolest idea ever. How much for one of those? I want one bad! Link to comment
Chrissy Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 Chrissy, that is the coolest idea ever. How much for one of those? I want one bad! Let me grow em out for a little bit to see how they come out and then I'll trade with ya! Link to comment
Break Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I've been planning to do this after seeing it on Reef Central a ways back. Hopefully, you'll share your methods. Link to comment
Chrissy Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 This is my favorite pic from the TOTM at RC! http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/totm...cap-collage.jpg You have to copy and paste the link into your browser....the link doesn't work on here. Link to comment
ddr_phish Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 This is my favorite pic from the TOTM at RC!http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/totm...cap-collage.jpg You have to copy and paste the link into your browser....the link doesn't work on here. Wow, thats absolutely amazing... Please keep me in mind Link to comment
clownfish1124 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 when these grow out they are gonna be awesome!!! Link to comment
basser1 Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Chrissy...... Check out this link, http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthre...hreadid=1359203 This thread is several pages with many pics of a person doing what you are wanting to do. It's very interesting! Look on the second page. He put together several pieces of red and green monti caps to give it a "checker board" look! Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 The only problem with this, I can see, is if one of the montis eventually (and it could take quite some time) becomes stronger than the other and simply out-grows the other. It's a cool method but I like my reef to look as natural as possible... although I'm sure something like this happens in the wild, I think several 'fused colonies' in a tank would look a little weird and I think the whole 'checkerboard' thing is downright tacky and unnatural. Please... not to diss you Chrissy, it is very cool! ...just not my taste. Keep us updated with pics. I'd love to see the progression of their growth together. Link to comment
Avon Barksdale Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 No problem..I'll keep updating here I can never get the camera to show the true colors of Monti Caps...but here are the new frags Very Nice!!!!!!! Its worth a try.....And I like the mix look alot... Link to comment
AcroporaLokani Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Oh my what nice monti cap frags you have. Link to comment
Chrissy Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 Thanks for that link, basser1! I like seeing the before and after pictures! I do think the checker board one is a little tacky, but the TOTM guy's large ones are beautiful! I hope these ones grow to be that pretty! Link to comment
AcroporaLokani Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 That checkerboard one is nice. If I could find two nice monti colonies I would try to do that. Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 yeah i saw this done on RC. It turned out pretty nice. EDIT: oops, diddnt see the link. Link to comment
Chrissy Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 Oh my what nice monti cap frags you have. Thanks Now I'm going to be on the look out for different colored larger pieces so I can do different color combos. Link to comment
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