montipora setosa

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  1. damon

    damon Sea Dragon

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    I could not resist this little beauty at the lfs
     

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  2. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Congrats very pretty
     
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  3. jonjonwells

    jonjonwells Great Blue Whale

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    me likey

    always a very impressive coral.
     
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  4. malac0da13

    malac0da13 Torch Coral

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    Good luck with it. For some reason mine just doesn't want to grow much. It seems to just showing grow some then die some.

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  5. Nismo400rgtr

    Nismo400rgtr Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    One of the corals I MUST have eventually!! Very Nice!! What'd that frag cost you? My LFS sells pieces about that size for $50 !!
     
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  6. malac0da13

    malac0da13 Torch Coral

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    I got my pink setosa(bout the size of a dime) for free from the guy that silks me my light. Its about the size of a nickel now.what are the lighting and flow requirements for these?

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  7. Nismo400rgtr

    Nismo400rgtr Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    LUCKYYY!!! Probably like most other Monti's in regards to lighting and flow.At my LFS they had the frags and mother colony under 20K MH about 2 1/2 ft. from the water surface and the corals were only about 3 inches from the water surface.They also had the tank on a wavemaker with a fan blowing on the surface every few minutes that would agitate it.
     
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  8. malac0da13

    malac0da13 Torch Coral

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    I got 8x54 t5 and its about half way up and about 2ft from my mp40 on a short pulse wave. Maybe I should move it further away.

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  9. Nor_Cal_Guy

    Nor_Cal_Guy Gigas Clam

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    Very nice coral eh? I have mine lower and it seems to grow better in low light...I have (3) 175w MH in and (2) 54w t5 above it. My piece is about a foot down.
     
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  10. malac0da13

    malac0da13 Torch Coral

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    I think I will definitely move it tomorrow and see how it does.

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