Encrusting Monti's, info and PICS PLEASE

jasonstan · Oct 30, 2008

So I've seen a few montiporas now, and the encrusting ones have caught hold and taken root. I have a few noob questions though, whats the best lighting, for them, could PC's work(i have 192watts, 2x96watt bulbs, over my 12" high tank) ??? and of course where to place them in your tank. And high flow or low flow...

Or will I have to wait till I end up upgrading to T-5's. Any help would be great. And some pics wouldn't be bad either. I love the rainbow montis I've been seeing lately, though the superman one is still up there to..

treylane · Oct 30, 2008

The rainbows, pokerstars, sunsets, and most of the knock-off supermans are pretty hardy and should do well under PC's. High light and almost any flow situation except being blasted directly by pumps.

pjr · Nov 9, 2008

Per your request, a few photos!

Sunset monti:

Superman!

Poker Star:

Purple Haze:

reeffiend · Nov 10, 2008

I am hooked on the encrusting montis too. Here are a couple of mine, the colors are brighter, I haven't learned to use my new camera yet! I have 4x250 watt metal halides on a 125 gallon, and I have them in the middle of the tank.

pink sand dollar

eric's chilli pepper

Monti setosa

sunrise aquitaberculata

sunset ( lost some color, fell in sand for a few days before I realized)

sunset paradise

sunrise

fishes2889 · Nov 10, 2008

I've been looking for the chilli pepper for so long!

reeffiend · Nov 10, 2008

I looked for one from local reefers too, but finally broke down and bought it from ATL, thats where all mine came from except the sunset paradise, it came from ultimate frags. The chilli pepper is awesome. You can't tell from my crappy pics, but it is the brightest green in my tank. Just waitn for them to grow now!

treylane · Nov 10, 2008

Can make chili pepper frags...

reeffiend · Nov 10, 2008

The photography forum on here is awesome! I just took these with the lights off using the tips there with my Nikon D80 and got the best pics I've ever gotten of the Chilli pepper and the sunset aquitaberculata. I can't wait until the lights come on!
Chilli pepper

Sunset aquitaberculata

paintballer768 · Nov 10, 2008

I could never find the right spot for my superman. Its almost 100% dead now, with a few polyps around the bottom of the frag still up and kicking.

JuniorMC8704 · Nov 10, 2008

Geeeeze Mike, those are some sweet montis...

Love that pink sand dollar!

im going to get to work on the post processing how-to tonight.

jasonstan · Nov 11, 2008

nice montis, starting to get really jealous. But can NOT buy another coral till my stand is complete and tank has been moved. Its just so hard to not want to go out and spend spend spend. Patience sucks....

Leishman · Nov 11, 2008

Soon to be a Tyree LE (not mine, don't ask). I have a frag but it's only 1/2"

pjr · Nov 24, 2008

That's nice. Does it have a designer name yet?

Leishman · Nov 26, 2008

pjr said:
That's nice. Does it have a designer name yet?

The guy I got it from sent some to Tyree and it should be a new LE soon. No clue what the name will be (don't care either)

cee · Nov 26, 2008

Rik:

Did that one come from Jose? I got one just like it from him several months ago and he hinted he was going to try and get it LE status so I was just wondering. Thx.