Regret SPS Placement

[JAMSOURY]

Looks like people are banning montis from their system more than I thought. They do look awesome when mixed in though, but can grow fast

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Ike, what is the Bali shortcake (guessing that’s what it is) colony doin in the frag tank??? Nice looking acro for sure, and great shots of that monti growing up the corner!

 

[road_runner]

I had to remove mine a while back. Donated to a friend with a much bigger tank. These things shadow large patches of precious space.

Yup. I used to love red chilli pepper monti. It got so big sjc all over the place I ended up giving it all away along with 2 larg rocks that it took over ha ha

 

[GregOyeah]

I have a red planet that is a nuisance. I constantly have to epoxy over it bc it’ll kill everything else on the rock.

By far the most aggressive, fastest growing acro I’ve ever kept

 

[Ike]

Ike, what is the Bali shortcake (guessing that’s what it is) colony doin in the frag tank??? Nice looking acro for sure, and great shots of that monti growing up the corner!

It's a RR Firecracker "frag"... I have a few ... here’s it and a similar coral along with another part of my frag tank that cyphastrea is taking over. Note the bottom, that’s from a piece I cut off a rack and fell below the rack without me realizing.

That little square frag rack has only been in there a few months, yet the cyphastrea is growing up the leg, even being shaded. Then note the cyphastrea taking over the rack, though that’s not the fast grower that most others are, it has taken down everything in its path from when I was neglecting things. These things are pretty relentless. The worst ones are digis and sunset IMO.

Some day I'll start a thread about how my frag tank came to have such large frags... Pardon the bad iphone pics

 

[BAUCE]

you guys have any pictures of epoxing over corals ? I have a RR Red Diablo I need to cut back a little but dont want to kill the colony.

 

[road_runner]

It's a RR Firecracker "frag"... I have a few ... here’s it and a similar coral along with another part of my frag tank that cyphastrea is taking over. Note the bottom, that’s from a piece I cut off a rack and fell below the rack without me realizing.

That little square frag rack has only been in there a few months, yet the cyphastrea is growing up the leg, even being shaded. Then note the cyphastrea taking over the rack, though that’s not the fast grower that most others are, it has taken down everything in its path from when I was neglecting things. These things are pretty relentless. The worst ones are digis and sunset IMO.

Some day I'll start a thread about how my frag tank came to have such large frags... Pardon the bad iphone pics

This is a real beauty..
Its not about fancy photoshopped or saturated pictures...I trust pics like these more than anything else.

Beautiful frags and coral. Please do a thread about your frag tank..

 

[LARedstickreefer]

If you’re down to get down, I’d let them work it out GOT style. Or, try a powerful laser pointer?

Edit: That fish hiding next to the cyphastrea looks like it’s seen some stuff.

 

[Ike]

If you’re down to get down, I’d let them work it out GOT style. Or, try a powerful laser pointer?

Edit: That fish hiding next to the cyphastrea looks like it’s seen some stuff.

We've been together for years, and it's not going well, especially of late. He keeps attacking my hand, I keep removing his hiding spots

 

[LARedstickreefer]

We've been together for years, and it's not going well, especially of late. He keeps attacking my hand, I keep removing his hiding spots

Sounds like my clown. He’s definitely seen some stuff. He’s also a nasty nipper.

 

[sam.veilleux30]

For the montis, put them where they will be easilly manageable.
Rock in the sand or little rock with acrylic rod.
My aquaman last year: bad idea

This year (it's on a rock link by a rod to my main piece of live rock)

 

[Sailfinguy21]

My acros or branching sps i give about 4 inchs of room from one to another.. the encrusting sps are the ones i habe a hard deciding where to put them.. what i did was i made like 4 (islands) in front of my rock wall on the sand bed... this way i csn put cyphastrea and pavona corals and stuff on them to keep them from encroaching on other corals on my main rocks.

The the only 2 corals im not sure where to put are my leptoseris corals.. i have the jackolanturn one and a neon green one... I just put thrm on a main rock but a larger one.. and i put em like 2 inches from each other.. im hoping since they are lepto they wont fight eachother and they will just cover the rock.. neon green lepto is pretty cool looking

 

[BadPanda]

For my WWC cherry tree monti, I'm currently using a 2.75 in frag tile until I know where to permanently place it. It's about 2x1 eggcrate squares in size. Once I know where to place it, I'll frag it down to size and trade/or sell the left overs. I also use a frag rock on any other SPS I'm unsure where to place. Looks more natural compared with plugs once I find a permanent placement.

 

[JAMSOURY]

For the montis, put them where they will be easilly manageable.
Rock in the sand or little rock with acrylic rod.
My aquaman last year: bad idea

This year (it's on a rock link by a rod to my main piece of live rock)

I did the same thing with my aquaman. Fortunately it’s not as crazy as other montis.