Bonsai Monti

neoGeorge · Mar 28, 2019

Being my first reef tank, and a journey of discovery, I place a monti high up in my nano tank, not realizing how quickly it would grow. Within a few months it was shading the blastos and scans, so I started pruning it like a tree; this has produced a very interesting shape that allows all of the corals to get the light they need.

Anyone else prune their montis? Pics please!

Dsnakes · Mar 28, 2019

It looks good! My monti isn’t shading anything yet, but I’m sure it will before long.

neoGeorge · Mar 28, 2019

Dsnakes said:
It looks good! My monti isn’t shading anything yet, but I’m sure it will before long.

Thanks @Dsnakes !

Waters · Mar 28, 2019

Yes, I am constantly breaking off pieces to allow coral below to get light. I just place those pieces in other crevices.....needless to say, I have a lot of monti coral in my tank lol.

29bonsaireef · Mar 28, 2019

Used to prune mine from time to time, in my nano. They are pretty weak when it comes to warfare, and most of the time they end up getting pruned by another coral, but if you have shading issues then cutting them back is a must.

Excuse the weird pic, was experimenting half LED, half t5 at the time.

neoGeorge · Mar 28, 2019

29bonsaireef said:
Used to prune mine from time to time, in my nano. They are pretty weak when it comes to warfare, and most of the time they end up getting pruned by another coral, but if you have shading issues then cutting them back is a must.

Excuse the weird pic, was experimenting half LED, half t5 at the time.

Great colors and textures!