Montipora growing over other monti.

[Eggpaul]

My montipora are growing like crazy and I love it, but I positioned 2 next to each other and one is growing over the other. Should I just leave them be? Or what can I do??

 

[Jvesche20]

I would move it. It will continue to grow over the other one and the one on bottom won’t get light and have a chance of dying. We’re you trying to graft the montis?

 

[Eggpaul]

I would move it. It will continue to grow over the other one and the one on bottom won’t get light and have a chance of dying. We’re you trying to graft the montis?

No, I had bad luck with montis for a while so when these started thriving i didnt want to touch them. Can i just grab the red one and easily move it? Or are they the encrusting type? I feel like part of it Is attached to the rock.

 

[Jvesche20]

No, I had bad luck with montis for a while so when these started thriving i didnt want to touch them. Can i just grab the red one and easily move it? Or are they the encrusting type? I feel like part of it Is attached to the rock.

You can try and move it. Just do it gently did you glue it down?

 

[James M]

You can always frag the piece that’s growing over the other one

 

[C. Eymann]

Can you provide a close up pic for species ID on both ? because as long as they are the same species and not something like one being M. hodgsoni and the other being a capricornis, you can let them layer without harm.

Here is a pic from a tank I had running about 12 years ago, circled are two M.capricornis I had plating in harmony.