Fragging a sun coral

JT101 · 01-10-2008, 03:50 PM

This coral is not huge (about the size of a tennis ball at this point) but I'd love to frag it and glue some of it to a nice dark overhang and a few other places in my tank. The question is, where exactly do you cut it? Do you have to cut down to the LR that it is attached to and sort of peel it off like a huge scab, or do you slice it off the LR as well?

Thx
John

non-photosynt · 02-17-2008, 06:05 PM

Didn't fragged myself, but had seen the illustrated post about it: Sun Coral Fragging
HTH

JT101 · 02-17-2008, 09:56 PM

WOW!! THANKS FOR THE REPLY!

I thought my post was going to be relegated to the dustbin of forgotten questions, but you have given me ABSOLUTELY what I was looking for!

Thank you!!

heels92 · 02-17-2008, 10:08 PM

That is beautiful. Cool pic.

Good luck with fragging it.

Frankie · 02-17-2008, 10:13 PM

Very good link non!

non-photosynt · 02-18-2008, 08:11 AM

You likely can reach the author of this tutorial at Azoo uk forum at ultimate reef.net - I recognized the photos.
Good luck!

Mine, probably needs fragging too - but I prefer to attach additional stones at the bottom - for polyps to grow on. Curious, what the natural course of events will be.
Never thought, that it's encrusting (before developing own skeleton). It expanded from this:

to this:

And it has the live sea squirt in between.

BTW, if it's not too late, can you make a photos of skeleton, septa pattern (face shot, not profile, if you will see it)?

It should have the identification value (still have no references, but hoping, that somebody already has them). I have septa pattern photos of my orange and high skeleton lemon yellow. There are two more orange kinds, would like to know, how to distinguish them.

01-10-2008, 03:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
JT101 Neon dottyback Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hicksville NY Posts: 605 View Gallery Karma Komment	Fragging a sun coral This coral is not huge (about the size of a tennis ball at this point) but I'd love to frag it and glue some of it to a nice dark overhang and a few other places in my tank. The question is, where exactly do you cut it? Do you have to cut down to the LR that it is attached to and sort of peel it off like a huge scab, or do you slice it off the LR as well? Thx John

02-17-2008, 06:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
non-photosynt Tubeworm Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 31 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Fragging a sun coral Didn't fragged myself, but had seen the illustrated post about it: Sun Coral Fragging HTH

02-17-2008, 09:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
JT101 Neon dottyback Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hicksville NY Posts: 605 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Fragging a sun coral WOW!! THANKS FOR THE REPLY! I thought my post was going to be relegated to the dustbin of forgotten questions, but you have given me ABSOLUTELY what I was looking for! Thank you!!

02-17-2008, 10:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
heels92 Serpent Star Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mount Pleasant, SC Posts: 238 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Fragging a sun coral That is beautiful. Cool pic. Good luck with fragging it. __________________ 65 gal reef with fish. 250 14k mh, 2 2x96in actinic pc, berlin protein skimmer, 5 gal sump, uv sterilizer, phoban reactor. soft, lps, and some sps corals. 2 gobies, 2 clownfish, anemone, coral beauty, fridmani, dusky jawfish, mandarin, brittle starfish.

02-17-2008, 10:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
Frankie Angel Girl's Daddy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The End Of The World Posts: 6,816 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Fragging a sun coral Very good link non! __________________ Visit my aquarium -->Frankie's 120 gal Experiment Bruce: Today's meeting is Step 5: Bring a fish friend. Everyone brought a fish friend? DIY=DO IT YOURSELF! If we ignore the environment maybe it will go away....

02-18-2008, 08:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
non-photosynt Tubeworm Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 31 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Fragging a sun coral You likely can reach the author of this tutorial at Azoo uk forum at ultimate reef.net - I recognized the photos. Good luck! Mine, probably needs fragging too - but I prefer to attach additional stones at the bottom - for polyps to grow on. Curious, what the natural course of events will be. Never thought, that it's encrusting (before developing own skeleton). It expanded from this: to this: And it has the live sea squirt in between. BTW, if it's not too late, can you make a photos of skeleton, septa pattern (face shot, not profile, if you will see it)? It should have the identification value (still have no references, but hoping, that somebody already has them). I have septa pattern photos of my orange and high skeleton lemon yellow. There are two more orange kinds, would like to know, how to distinguish them.

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