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Monti Cap Question

post #1 of 17
12/30/11 at 6:46pm
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I'm new to SPS and I picked up a small red monti cap frag from work today and I was wondering if the white on the ends of the plate is where growth has started or is that bad? My camera makes the corals color look faded but here is a picture of it

 

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post #2 of 17
12/30/11 at 6:57pm

As the picture is blurry, I can't tell from your picture. But mine will get a lighter rim as it grows. How is it's polyp extention? Do you see polyps on it?

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post #3 of 17
12/30/11 at 7:02pm
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Like I said, I'm new to SPS but I'm seeing some nice bumps on the monti cap...are these the polyps? (probably sound stupid with that question)

 

But while looking at it in person, it seems to have some great red/orange color

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post #4 of 17
12/30/11 at 7:23pm
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Originally Posted by Childress5tyler View Post

Like I said, I'm new to SPS but I'm seeing some nice bumps on the monti cap...are these the polyps? (probably sound stupid with that question) The unasked question is the STUPID one...... Believe me.....

 

But while looking at it in person, it seems to have some great red/orange color



How to explain a polyp....... well.... like a small flower, on it (there will be several on them). Kinda moves with the current. Small Polyp Stoney, is SPS.

 

Being new to the SPS, what is your lighting setup, size of tank?

 

Benificial things to keep in mind with SPS, is that they have a fine balance between the Alk/Cal/Mag balance, to keep the happy.

Do you have current readings on your Alk, Cal and Mag?

 

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post #5 of 17
12/30/11 at 7:28pm
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I know how to ID a polyp on an LPS but just not on an SPS (any advice on that would be great)

 

And I know the basics of SPS, like their needs and such

Here are my levels:

Calcium- 475 (a little high)

Alkalinity- 11.2 (a little high)

Magnesium- 1350

 

And I have a 34 gallon red sea max with plenty of water movement and I am upgrading to LEDs this Tuesday...I'm getting 6 3 watt CREE white bulbs and 15 "high end" royal blue bulbs

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post #6 of 17
12/30/11 at 7:32pm
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I can find polyps on most SPS but not yet the monti cap...what do they look like?

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post #7 of 17
12/30/11 at 8:33pm

Levels are a touch high, but not bad as you know. Cree LED's are the best ones out there, but I  don't know what kind of spread you will get out of only 6 of them, as I don't know their reflector angle. Hopefully the blues will suppliment them well. Are they programable lights?

 

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/ORA-Digitata--Orange_p_1938.html

This link is of a orange digitata, but the little polyps all over it, look similar to the ones you would see on a monti, but much less dense then the digitata.....

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post #8 of 17
12/30/11 at 8:48pm
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It doesn't have that much polyp extension yet but again, I just got it today

 

And I'll probably just take a couple days off from dosing to get my levels down a bit

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post #9 of 17
12/30/11 at 8:55pm
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Originally Posted by Childress5tyler View Post

It doesn't have that much polyp extension yet but again, I just got it today

 

And I'll probably just take a couple days off from dosing to get my levels down a bit



That is the best way to do it as your corals will consume it for you!

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post #10 of 17
12/30/11 at 9:03pm
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but most of the corals I have don't consume much calcium or alkalinity

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post #11 of 17
12/31/11 at 10:21am

You will also lose Calcium from Coraline algae, not just corals.

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post #12 of 17
12/31/11 at 10:44am
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but most of the corals I have don't consume much calcium or alkalinity



What corals are those?

 

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post #13 of 17
12/31/11 at 12:50pm
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I have zoas, mushrooms, hammer coral, frogspawn, clove polyps, monti cap, leathers, acans, gorgonian frag, GSP,

 

 

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post #14 of 17
12/31/11 at 1:07pm

The Zoas and Leathers,I would consider high consumers of carbonate and calcium. The Hammer, Frogspawn, and Monti are medium high consumers.  All of these consume faster than most SPS corals so they should be able to remove any excess for you fairly quickly.

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post #15 of 17
12/31/11 at 1:40pm
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Hmmm, I didn't know that :) I also forgot to add that I ahve some favias also (dragon soul favia is my favorite)

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post #16 of 17
1/16/12 at 8:05pm

How's the monti doing?

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post #17 of 17
1/19/12 at 12:41pm
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It's doing pretty well, I upgraded to LEDs yesterday so I'm sure it appreciates that

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