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Mr Cob
Thu, 17th Nov 2011, 12:31 PM
just bored and thinking about my dream display...after seeing Mike's flower petal cap in his 60g I'm thinking it would be cool to have a large, long tank and at both ends nothing but different types of large caps. I love the growth patterns on the scrolls.

Texreefer
Thu, 17th Nov 2011, 12:37 PM
one of my favorite corals!

LuckySingh
Thu, 17th Nov 2011, 12:39 PM
Dude thats like my dream tank too...
Not only it grows fast but easy to maintain.... I need to hunt down sme nice cap now... Thou u been looking for sme grafted ones... Dnt know if someone has it and willing to spare a piece...


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Mr Cob
Thu, 17th Nov 2011, 12:42 PM
I like the shelves caps make as well, really makes for a natural looking reef, some of my favorite pieces of "live rock" are actually just large dead caps that I killed over the last few years

Texreefer
Thu, 17th Nov 2011, 12:57 PM
these are my old ones,, i love it when they grow together
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/PDRM3401.jpg

Mr Cob
Thu, 17th Nov 2011, 01:12 PM
that looks awesome...gonna be another year before I can do another personal display tank, waiting until we buy a home. Think I'm getting excited a little too soon now.

alton
Thu, 17th Nov 2011, 04:23 PM
It is amazing how fast they grow and take over. I through some in my sump which has regular T5s not HO's and they are growing in there.

jroescher
Thu, 17th Nov 2011, 10:46 PM
For a long time I've wanted to do a tank that was almost completely one type of coral. Zoa's would be nice, but I think I've decided on scrolling caps. A whole tank filled with the most colorful ones I can find. I just can't get motivated to tear down my tank.

Kristy
Thu, 17th Nov 2011, 11:43 PM
We had two that grew together on their own (purple "ugly" and a deep reddish orange) and I loved the effect. Soon thereafter a huge area on one of the caps was killed by contact from a neighboring gorgonian - to my surprise. I glued a third kind of monti (Flower petal) on the dead area and these three are now all swirled together. If my glue/putty skills will improve I'll have a fourth kind in the mix any day now, keeps coming loose and was carried away by the pin cushion urchin yesterday. I love my little cap garden area of the tank.

Let's see if I can add some mediocre iPhone pics...
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff316/mekdean/photo.jpg

kkiel02
Fri, 18th Nov 2011, 05:25 AM
Yall have me thinking about SPS again with this thread... I would only venture into the montis again though. I just love their colors and relative ease of care.

Texreefer
Fri, 18th Nov 2011, 09:31 AM
Kristy, i'm looking for some purple to add to my green and orange,,, I have two Bright orange ( half dollarsized) pieces if your interested

Mr Cob
Fri, 18th Nov 2011, 09:41 AM
For a long time I've wanted to do a tank that was almost completely one type of coral. Zoa's would be nice, but I think I've decided on scrolling caps. A whole tank filled with the most colorful ones I can find. I just can't get motivated to tear down my tank.

do it John! Just look at how cool Kristy and Mike's tank is...

Kristy that is exactly what I would want. Looks so cool.

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff316/mekdean/photo.jpg