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08-24-2003, 05:17 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Oxford Ga
Posts: 945
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Pic of Caps
Just playing with camera.........here are my caps i just got a purple one yesterday but it is not big enough to be seen in this pic
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08-24-2003, 07:10 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
Posts: 5,815
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Those caps are beautiful and so is your tank! Nice work!  |
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08-24-2003, 07:22 AM
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Good boy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Marietta, GA, USA
Posts: 7,889
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You've got some good growth going there Maria. Lookin good.
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08-24-2003, 08:08 AM
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ROOTS...ROCKS...REGGAE
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: south suburbs of Chicago,Il USA
Posts: 1,214
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I love caps! they are my favorite corals. Someday I hope to build a 4' x 4' look-down tank and fill it up with monti-caps and clams. Here's one of mine:
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08-24-2003, 08:09 AM
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ROOTS...ROCKS...REGGAE
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: south suburbs of Chicago,Il USA
Posts: 1,214
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another:
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08-24-2003, 08:14 AM
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ROOTS...ROCKS...REGGAE
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: south suburbs of Chicago,Il USA
Posts: 1,214
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08-24-2003, 08:17 AM
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ROOTS...ROCKS...REGGAE
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: south suburbs of Chicago,Il USA
Posts: 1,214
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I lost all three except for a frag of the yellow one last year when my tank overheated and a bad case of RTN swept the tank :-( The frag is growing back but is only 3" round. I now have a chiller so overheating won't be an issue. Bob
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08-24-2003, 08:27 AM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,610
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Darn Bob sorry for the loss your tank is great looking
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08-24-2003, 08:46 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
Posts: 5,815
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Yeah Bob sorry to hear of the loss of those beautiful corals! I was going to say I will take a frag of that one and that one!  |
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08-24-2003, 10:29 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Snellville, GA
Posts: 2,224
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Here are my caps....I have two of them left...sold the one in the front right....
One of Maria's she got from me too....glad to see they are doing well! Where did you get the purple Maria?
http://www.myreefcreations.com/perso...603/middle.JPG |
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08-24-2003, 10:38 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Georgia, near Atlanta
Posts: 822
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Those are some beautiful caps. I have a quick question for you all. How do you usually mount your caps? Do you super glue them directly to the live rock of your reef, or attach them to a smaller piece of rock so that if you need to you can take them out of the tank (say to treat for RTN or something)?
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08-24-2003, 10:42 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
Posts: 5,815
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I don't have caps but your second suggestion sounds like the way to go to me!  |
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08-24-2003, 10:50 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Georgia, near Atlanta
Posts: 822
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Yeah, I don't have any yet either, but I'd like to get some. I also thought that attaching them to a smaller rock might be a reasonable thing to do, but looking at some of the pictures above, it looks like some folks might be attaching them directly to their reef structure, or maybe they just encrusted on the reef from a smaller rock. Although I've wondered if you attach them on the side of a smaller rock, what keeps it from tipping over as the coral gets as big as some in the pictures above?
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08-24-2003, 10:57 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
Posts: 5,815
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Although I've wondered if you attach them on the side of a smaller rock, what keeps it from tipping over as the coral gets as big as some in the pictures above?
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I would put them on the side of flat a piece of rock as I could fine like 2" thick and about 3 or 4" deep and the width of the cap and place it under a big piece of LR and the weight of the LR on the flat piece would secure it in place I would think! That's what I would do!
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08-24-2003, 11:15 AM
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ROOTS...ROCKS...REGGAE
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: south suburbs of Chicago,Il USA
Posts: 1,214
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Thanks guys! Most caps I mount directly to the live rock. I use a small piece of epoxy stick and then the cap encrusts it and grows around it. The exception is if you buy a cone shaped cap. Those can be put into a hole or between rocks. A good example is the green/purple rim in the pic above.
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