Red cap vs. green cap Monti

Silly clownfish · 12/06/2018, 07:50 PM

I have both in my tank. Both started as small frags. For a while they were growing in a nice layered manner, with the red always growing faster. After several large prunings (maybe a quarter of a 5 gallon bucket worth), the red threatens to take over the candy apple green. I plan to do some more targeted pruning this time.

My question for others with both colors in their tank: does red always outgrow green? Or does green sometimes outgrow red? And if so, what triggers one to grow faster than the other?

Thoughts?

crawling junk · 12/07/2018, 05:22 PM

My red ones always grow the fastest

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gprdypoo04 · 12/07/2018, 07:54 PM

Mine toooooooo

Crooked Reef · 12/08/2018, 11:07 AM

In my experience the red always outgrows all other montiporas I have tried. Green, sunset, sand dollar, doesn’t matter. Red grows quicker.

homer1475 · 12/08/2018, 05:05 PM

Red outgrows most everything. I typically break pieces off once a week to prevent it from shading other corals.

Cliving1 · 12/09/2018, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by homer1475

Red outgrows most everything. I typically break pieces off once a week to prevent it from shading other corals.

This has been my experience as well. Reds are awesome

IveGotSunshine · 12/09/2018, 12:30 PM

My green with blue polyps outgrows my red but my red outgrows my candy apple

Silly clownfish · 12/09/2018, 04:29 PM

Thanks for all of the responses. So no magic bullet of raise the level of element X to get the candy apple green to grow faster than the red...

FullBoreReefer · 12/09/2018, 05:04 PM

Nope, I frag my red about three times before my greens in hopes the green can get ahead

12/06/2018, 07:50 PM	#1
Silly clownfish Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 488	Red cap vs. green cap Monti I have both in my tank. Both started as small frags. For a while they were growing in a nice layered manner, with the red always growing faster. After several large prunings (maybe a quarter of a 5 gallon bucket worth), the red threatens to take over the candy apple green. I plan to do some more targeted pruning this time. My question for others with both colors in their tank: does red always outgrow green? Or does green sometimes outgrow red? And if so, what triggers one to grow faster than the other? Thoughts? __________________ 75g mixed reef, 20g sump, ocelaris clownfish (20+yrs old), flame hawk, one spot foxface rabbitfish, green mandarin, Bicolor Blenny, Coral Beauty;30g sumpless with Spotcinctus pair with RBTA Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 20g sump, ocelaris clownfish (20+yrs old), flame hawk, one spot foxface rabbitfish, green mandarin, Bicolor Blenny, Coral Beauty;30g sumpless with Spotcinctus pair

12/08/2018, 11:07 AM	#4
Crooked Reef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,765	In my experience the red always outgrows all other montiporas I have tried. Green, sunset, sand dollar, doesn’t matter. Red grows quicker. __________________ “In wine there is wisdom; in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.” - Benjamin Franklin Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef. Biocube 29 lionfish tank. Mantis tank.

12/08/2018, 05:05 PM	#5
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Red outgrows most everything. I typically break pieces off once a week to prevent it from shading other corals. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

12/09/2018, 04:29 PM	#8
Silly clownfish Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 488	Thanks for all of the responses. So no magic bullet of raise the level of element X to get the candy apple green to grow faster than the red... __________________ 75g mixed reef, 20g sump, ocelaris clownfish (20+yrs old), flame hawk, one spot foxface rabbitfish, green mandarin, Bicolor Blenny, Coral Beauty;30g sumpless with Spotcinctus pair with RBTA Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 20g sump, ocelaris clownfish (20+yrs old), flame hawk, one spot foxface rabbitfish, green mandarin, Bicolor Blenny, Coral Beauty;30g sumpless with Spotcinctus pair

12/09/2018, 05:04 PM	#9
FullBoreReefer Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wooster, OH Posts: 1,862	Nope, I frag my red about three times before my greens in hopes the green can get ahead __________________ 60x36x24 mixed reef. 40b sump. Regal 250int Varios. 4xHydra26HDs+t5s. 4xMp40wes. Apex2016.

12/07/2018, 05:22 PM	#2
crawling junk Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 88	My red ones always grow the fastest Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

12/07/2018, 07:54 PM	#3
gprdypoo04 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 389	Mine toooooooo

12/09/2018, 12:30 PM	#7
IveGotSunshine Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Maryland Posts: 15	My green with blue polyps outgrows my red but my red outgrows my candy apple