Sunset Monti Stinging SPS

denverjon · Mar 10, 2013

I started with a small frag of sunset monti and it's growing very fast and stings anything it comes into contact with. I noticed this morning that the base of my oregon tort has rtn'd due to the stinging. I find it interesting because no other montis in my tank sting the sps, just the opposite happens. I'm trying to figure out whether I should remove it, which would require taking out a bunch of the rocks. Here's my question...do the sps, after getting stung initially, ever develop an imunity to the sting, or will the monti just continue doing damage?

Aquaph8 · Mar 10, 2013

That particular Monti has a very potent sting and will wipe out anything in its path IME.

bigcapct · Mar 10, 2013

Aquaph8 said:
That particular Monti has a very potent sting and will wipe out anything in its path IME.

+1! Sure will!

ritter6788 · Mar 10, 2013

Mine is taking out 2 Acros right now.

KSzegi · Mar 10, 2013

I'm beginning to think of it almost as a pest! The only thing so far that it hasn't killed is GSP - great, lol. Mine has taken over a very large rock and I would really like to find something that would co-exist with it but so far no luck. It's killed several acros and right now I keep breaking it off where it wants to plate out over a couple of small caps. If I were you I would take at least some of it out and isolate it to just one rock if you can.

denverjon · Mar 10, 2013

Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to remove as much as I can because I've got a ton of acros and I don't want it killing anything else. What other montis have this powerful of a sting?

Jimbo · Mar 13, 2013

Glad you posted this. I have a Sunset Monti approaching my Oregon Tort and my Hawkins Echinata. I had no idea it was that aggressive. I was able to break the Monti colony off the rock and now have it in a safe spot. Thanks.

gqjeff · Mar 13, 2013

Maybe another use for the blue laser's...

Nano sapiens · Mar 13, 2013

I have a bunch of Montis and they are lightweights compared to my Sunset Monti. I now have it hemmed in with Pavona, Rics and Acans, so it's kept in check.