Do caps work in nanos

Luis Figueroa

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Alot of us like Monti caps, as myself, in their tanks. I purchased a starburst cap about 3 months ago. Love the coral and the coloration it gets when it grows. I have a 30 gallon cube nano so room is very limited for such a Beautiful coral, so it got me wondering what are everyone's take on these types of corals in a nano reef aquarium?

If you have pictures of your tank with one please share.
 
If you are on Instagram you can check out nano_karen. She has an amazing little tank with all kinds of corals.
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Monti caps grow large and fast and will shade out whatever is below them. The monti in my tank was grown from a 1 inch frag, in less than 18 months. This was my 90g, and I had to sell the coral.:(

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That looks nice...I have to find a place for mine so that when it grows it doesn't cover any of my sps
 
Monti caps grow large and fast and will shade out whatever is below them. The monti in my tank was grown from a 1 inch frag, in less than 18 months. This was my 90g, and I had to sell the coral.:(

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I fell that montis are like tangs and bigger Fish that need big tanks to look it's best.
 
I have seen some 10 gallon tanks with multiple caps that looked great! Here is one from another forum. As you can see he aquascaped to accommodate the caps.

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I have seen some 10 gallon tanks with multiple caps that looked great! Here is one from another forum. As you can see he aquascaped to accommodate the caps.

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Oh yeah that looks nice! I unfortunately didn't aquascape to accommodate one I just bought it lol
 

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