Monticap growing downward

[kristinarenee]

I have had this monticap since May. The more is grows the lighter Orange it is. It is now growing in a cup shape straight down. I have two ATI coral plus and two purple plus T5's and it sits 20" below the lights. I can't really move it any further down in my tank. Calcium around 450
Phos 0
Nitrate 10ppm
Mag 1275-1300
pH 8.2

 

[KJ]

Look just fine to me

 

[Katrina71]

I hope mine looks as good as yours.

 

[kristinarenee]

The 2nd pic is how bleached out it looks. The 3rd must have been on auto. The 1st pic is the color it started at.

 

[speedstar]

where is Alk at?

 

[KrisReef]

Your coral is growing the way it wants too in the situation it finds itself in. I have also noticed that some of my best-placed frags grew opposite of the direction I imagined they would when I glued them in place. These corals must know something I don't, but as long as they are growing I'm ok with that.

 

[DangerDave]

Your coral is growing the way it wants too in the situation it finds itself in. I have also noticed that some of my best-placed frags grew opposite of the direction I imagined they would when I glued them in place. These corals must know something I don't, but as long as they are growing I'm ok with that.

+1

 

[kristinarenee]

where is Alk at?

Sorry forgot that. 10dkh

 

[kristinarenee]

Your coral is growing the way it wants too in the situation it finds itself in. I have also noticed that some of my best-placed frags grew opposite of the direction I imagined they would when I glued them in place. These corals must know something I don't, but as long as they are growing I'm ok with that.

Thank you. It seemed like a light issue with the bleaching as well. Could be a downward flow area too.

 

[DMG Reef]

It doesn't need to move down lower. My red monti cap is high up under T5's and is bright red. They can take a lot of PAR from T5's. Direct flow makes some areas of mine grow downward as well. I just let it do whatever it wants.

 

[kristinarenee]

It doesn't need to move down lower. My red monti cap is high up under T5's and is bright red. They can take a lot of PAR from T5's. Direct flow makes some areas of mine grow downward as well. I just let it do whatever it wants.

More than how it grows I was worried about the bleaching as it was dark orange when I got it.

 

[truepercs]

Issue Phos 0

 

[HB AL]

I have mine up top and blasted by lights and grows like a weed and nice and red. I would move it up.

 

[jda]

It is getting light reflected from the front glass. This is pretty normal. More light can stop this since it won't need to angle it's self towards the glass. Clams do this too sometimes.

 

[HB AL]

It is getting light reflected from the front glass. This is pretty normal. More light can stop this since it won't need to angle it's self towards the glass. Clams do this too sometimes.

My clam does that always wondered why, it’s healthy and growing but I migh stighten it once in a while and the next day it’s angled itself towards the glass. Thanks for that tidbit.

 

[jda]

Seems pretty normal with a clam, but when I see coral doing it, I like to get them more light. Clams are their own kind of weird.

 

[kristinarenee]

Update: I moved it up closer to the light and it started getting darker after only a week. It is now back to it's original color and looks much better.

 

[kristinarenee]

Update: I moved it up closer to the light and it started getting darker after only a week. It is now back to it's original color and looks much better.

Forgot to attach the photo

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Just throwing this out there. We had a red montipora sold to us as a capricornis but it turned out to be hodgesoni. It grew in the same fashion as yours and could be grown anywhere in the tank.

 

[kristinarenee]

Just throwing this out there. We had a red montipora sold to us as a capricornis but it turned out to be hodgesoni. It grew in the same fashion as yours and could be grown anywhere in the tank.

That's probably why it won't grow in a shelf pattern. I always thought it looked different. it seems a lot thicker than the capricornis I've seen too.

 

[Shinister]

Just throwing this out there. We had a red montipora sold to us as a capricornis but it turned out to be hodgesoni. It grew in the same fashion as yours and could be grown anywhere in the tank.

My "cap" is doing the same. Looks like yours and the OP's is at least plating but just downwards. Mine's just encrusting. Ive read that it may be due to high flow and it's just encrusting to handle the high flow. I guess I'll have to wait and see.