Questions on keeping monti caps

[Railrider1920]

Hey Folks,
I'm putting up some T5 lights on my 125. I mainly have zoas, hammer/ torch and duncans. I'd like to get some monti caps fairly soon. I have been looking around for more info on keeping them. The only thing I have really found has been high lighting, medium to high flow and to keep alk in check and not much else. I did see one post someplace that mentioned something about he couldn't keep monties because his mag was out of wack.

So besides good lighting, good flow and alk in check, is there anything else spacifically that needs to be done for keeping montie caps? Does mag play a big part in keeping them? Where should it be?

Thanks for any help offered
Rob

 

[Stray32]

Mag plays a part in keeping all SPS coral because it is directly correlated to your Calc and Alk levels, both very important for SPS. However, Monti caps are on the easier side of the SPS family to keep. Just stick him on a rock high in the tank and you should be fine. Even if they aren't getting blasted with light, they should live, though in most cases will brown out and have slow growth.

 

[Railrider1920]

Thanks for the info Jared.

 

[Alky]

I've read that Mag levels less than 1300 can make it difficult to maintain stable ALK/CAL levels. Don't know the amount of truth to that statement, just something I picked up along the journey.
I try to keep my Mg around 1350-1400.

 

[JiggyReefer]

i keep ma around 1380, cal 480 and dkh 11, monti's look awesom

 

[Railrider1920]

Thanks for the additional info