Ohh yeah, sps feed at night mostly. But they will stay open during the day. They still have polyps they are just very very small. Birdsnest has a lot of flesh to it...montipora does too but only a little bit of it is a polyp. I would honestly try out a montipora cap. Get yourself a 1x1 piece or so. it shouldnt be more then 10 bucks at the most. it will grow rapidly with your lighting and stable parameters.

ouch. we have boats that come in here.......There is a wholesale market about 45 minutes from my house........problem is they only sell to lfs. BUT, the owner of my lfs is freaking awesome........and lets me go with him when I want something. I just give him 15-20% more then he pays, and I cant return it. Which is totally fair. I spend 100 bucks.......he makes about 20 more. Which is a LOT less then the mark up he puts in his store. You have to double the price to make any money in retail. :)

Here in STL i'm fortunate to have 3 decent LFS to bounce between. Each has it's perks, one is better for fish, one has really cool coral and the 3rd is kinda all around however usually a little higher in price. All in all I can't complain however with the closest salt water being a 11+ hour drive i'm totally jealous of anyone living near the beach! Just not the same staring at the stinky / muddy ass Mississippi!

Once i figure out how to lower the pixel count on my photos i'll post some nice shots of my tank... for now i just have to post small shots of individual corals....

thank you.... i'll have to try it out with some of the new pics i took..

ok lets try this again.....

I NEED EVERYONES FAVORITE CORAL WEBSITES..........

i also found an ebay seller that sells frags for ultra cheap, under 10 bucks, and he lives in dallas so i qualify for some kind of overnight shipping for 15$.... best deal so far