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Offline lazylivin

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MontiSwirl
« on: November 08, 2011, 22:45:02 »
Picked up a couple nice size pieces of green and red monti from Slandis3. Cut a few little pieces and mounted them to one plug. They seem to be getting along okay and growing nicely. Not sure how it will turn out because I think the red is plate style and the green is more bowl style? We shall see

I think the Frag was made on 9/18 but for sure pic taken 10/22.


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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2011, 06:10:34 »
This should be interesting!

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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2011, 08:13:07 »
thats going to look sweet
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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2011, 11:48:09 »
That's going to be awesome....I've always thought about doing it, but for some reason never have.  Keep us posted with pics!!

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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2011, 12:23:21 »
I will get an update picture this weekend. It has grown pretty good the last three weeks.

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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2011, 13:32:56 »
I vaguely remember someone doing something similar to this on RC several years ago.
I can't remember the results though.
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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2011, 14:11:14 »
I have tried with red and purple.  It seems that one always tends to grow faster and overtake the other killing it.
Firefighting:  How hard can it be?  You just put the wet stuff on the red stuff right?

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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2011, 14:15:20 »
You have inspired me brian :) .... Off to the frag tank to make a few of these !!!
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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2011, 14:29:08 »
when i did that a year or so ago the red grew much faster than the green and over took it,

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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2011, 14:35:05 »
It looks like the green is already over growing the red section on the left of the pic, unless it's just the pic it looks like it is growing over the edge.
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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2011, 14:52:16 »
I am not sure which is quicker grower, Mike do you know? May have to keep trimming the dominant one back. Not sure if a long term piece is feasible due to that problem. Kenn post up your creations.

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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2011, 14:53:59 »
Sure be cool if you can pull it off, would love to see new pics
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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2011, 14:58:31 »
i have 2 that are starting to do it in my main tank so far its not to bad
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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2012, 00:47:34 »
Here is an updated picture. Looks like they have been fighting which has affected their growth significantly


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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2012, 01:34:55 »
Looks like green is winning.

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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2012, 07:49:28 »
Interesting to watch this.  looking forward to watching more progress!

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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2012, 08:12:50 »
looks good hope they stop fighting
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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2012, 22:11:25 »
So Lazy... I mean Dr. Frankenstein - LOL!!!!! :laugh:

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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2012, 02:04:12 »
That looks sweet! I would like to see what it looks like in several years if one does'nt overtake the other one.
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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2012, 22:50:04 »
This experiment hasn't been doing well. They seem to continually be fighting each other causing very slow growth. They sting, die back, grow then sting die back and do it all over again. The Red is starting to show signs of winning out. I don't think these two are compatible with each other. The red is a plate style growth pattern and green is bowl style.

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Re: MontiSwirl
« Reply #20 on: April 19, 2012, 07:08:16 »
That really stinks .. Are you going to try it again using different colors
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