fraggin a fungia

daveat · 12-27-2006, 08:34 PM

anyone ever done it? is it possible? will it spread on its own.

i have a BEAUTIFUL orange fungia that has graced my tank for over a year now and grown at least 2" in diameter. what i want to know is how can i make more!!!

i have fragged : torch corals, xenia (who hasn't) colt corals, shrooms (regular and ricordias) and acro's, but i don't even know where to start with this guy and don't want to hurt him. i was thinking of just trying to cut him down the middle (like a shroom) and see what happens but i don't want to lose one of my main corals in my tank.

any advice would be great

Gibeon · 12-27-2006, 08:53 PM

AND in the current month's "issue" of Reefkeeping.com.

Fragging Fungia how to.

Personally, I would feel... odd... taking a saw to coral.

daveat · 12-28-2006, 12:33 AM

wha da sha fal who how wow (speachless)

i think i'll buy a cheapie fungia before i try that on my beautiful orange. whenever i first read "the tools you will need are a diamond tipped cut off wheel....." i just about fell over backwords

thanks for the info and the link gibeon - Karma 2 ya

lgerold · 12-29-2006, 11:31 PM

It would be fun to see a picture of your fungia so we can all see!

I have an orange fungia which is pretty, but a friend has an obnoxiosly orange fungia. I have never seen such a bright orange fungia. If yours is so bright too, I'd love a frag sometime!

daveat · 12-31-2006, 05:31 PM

posting a picture... right.... now!

lcstorc · 12-31-2006, 07:22 PM

Beautiful. My favorite lfs has a maroon one that looks very similar. I keep debating if I should buy it or not. I got to watch him feed it today and that was pretty cool.

lgerold · 12-31-2006, 11:14 PM

Very pretty! I have one just like it, though yours has more tentacles...

daveat · 01-01-2007, 04:36 PM

lgerold - do you feed yours? mine gets mysis shrimp on a daily basis, before i fed him he wasn't near as nice. also he is about 5" in dia. maybe 6"

lgerold · 01-01-2007, 04:43 PM

Daveat, I feed mine occasionally. Come to think of it, when I wasn't feeding it (up to about 2 months ago), it didn't have the tentacle extension that it has now. You are probably on to something! Wow! 5-6 inches. That's awesome!

robinscp · 01-01-2007, 06:04 PM

Here's a picture of my pink fungia.

I don't think I would have the guts to cut it.

Craig

cheeks69 · 01-01-2007, 06:54 PM

Here's mine eating some mysis shrimp, I would never cut it !

daveat · 01-02-2007, 09:14 PM

both of those are quite nice as well, although they look like they are "supposed" to be considered a long tentacle plate. i would really love to have a pink one like that.

i stil have yet to decide if i have the heart to cut mine. i think i might try cutting off just a small peice on one side and see what happens

daveat · 01-07-2007, 07:10 PM

well i did it, cut it about 10 min ago along with my new hammer coral. mommie fungia looks ok (with peice missing) and the little one still has color in it, we will see how it goes over the next few days, i will keep anybody interested posted

cheeks69 · 01-07-2007, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daveat

both of those are quite nice as well, although they look like they are "supposed" to be considered a long tentacle plate.

Mine I believe is a Fungia cycloseris and robinscp's looks to be a Fugia Cycloroseris Erosa.

Quote:

well i did it, cut it about 10 min ago along with my new hammer coral. mommie fungia looks ok (with peice missing) and the little one still has color in it, we will see how it goes over the next few days, i will keep anybody interested posted

You're very brave...lol
Hope you took lots of photos so we can see the surgical procedure !

robinscp · 01-08-2007, 08:45 AM

Keep us informed.

Hope everything goes fine.

pics?

12-27-2006, 08:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
daveat Sea Pen Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322 View Gallery Karma Komment	fraggin a fungia anyone ever done it? is it possible? will it spread on its own. i have a BEAUTIFUL orange fungia that has graced my tank for over a year now and grown at least 2" in diameter. what i want to know is how can i make more!!! i have fragged : torch corals, xenia (who hasn't) colt corals, shrooms (regular and ricordias) and acro's, but i don't even know where to start with this guy and don't want to hurt him. i was thinking of just trying to cut him down the middle (like a shroom) and see what happens but i don't want to lose one of my main corals in my tank. any advice would be great

12-27-2006, 08:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Gibeon Serpent Star Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 215 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: fraggin a fungia AND in the current month's "issue" of Reefkeeping.com. Fragging Fungia how to. Personally, I would feel... odd... taking a saw to coral. __________________ 26 Gal Bow-Front, 20 Gal Regular, 10 Gal regular Some day I'll have a big tank...

12-28-2006, 12:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
daveat Sea Pen Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: fraggin a fungia wha da sha fal who how wow (speachless) i think i'll buy a cheapie fungia before i try that on my beautiful orange. whenever i first read "the tools you will need are a diamond tipped cut off wheel....." i just about fell over backwords thanks for the info and the link gibeon - Karma 2 ya

12-29-2006, 11:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
lgerold Scopas Tang Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brainerd, Mn Posts: 473 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: fraggin a fungia It would be fun to see a picture of your fungia so we can all see! I have an orange fungia which is pretty, but a friend has an obnoxiosly orange fungia. I have never seen such a bright orange fungia. If yours is so bright too, I'd love a frag sometime! __________________ Lucy Upgrade from 125 long to 210 on 1/7/07. 66 gallon sump/refugium. 10 hrs of light: 500 watt pc actinic 10 hrs 400 watt pc daylight 6 hrs 500 watt MH 4 hrs 180 lbs branch liverock. 100 lbs + assorted liverock. 3"+ DSB. Fish - Foxface, Yellow Tang, Mimic Tang, 2 Tomato Clowns, pair True Percula Clowns (and their 6 inch pastel green carpet), Mandarin, Scooter Blenny, Bartlett's Anthias, Royal Gramma, Pseudochromis Splendens. Blue/Gold Crocea Clam, Teardrop Squamosa Clam Coral favorites include: 2 Acanastreas, Pink Cynaria, Green Cynaria, Birdsnest, Trumpets, Red and Pink and Green Goniporas (3), Frogspawn (peach favorite), Fox Coral, Diploastrea, Blasto, 3 Fungia (orange, purple, and green) and many others.

12-31-2006, 05:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
daveat Sea Pen Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: fraggin a fungia posting a picture... right.... now!

12-31-2006, 07:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: fraggin a fungia Beautiful. My favorite lfs has a maroon one that looks very similar. I keep debating if I should buy it or not. I got to watch him feed it today and that was pretty cool. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

12-31-2006, 11:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
lgerold Scopas Tang Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brainerd, Mn Posts: 473 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: fraggin a fungia Very pretty! I have one just like it, though yours has more tentacles... __________________ Lucy Upgrade from 125 long to 210 on 1/7/07. 66 gallon sump/refugium. 10 hrs of light: 500 watt pc actinic 10 hrs 400 watt pc daylight 6 hrs 500 watt MH 4 hrs 180 lbs branch liverock. 100 lbs + assorted liverock. 3"+ DSB. Fish - Foxface, Yellow Tang, Mimic Tang, 2 Tomato Clowns, pair True Percula Clowns (and their 6 inch pastel green carpet), Mandarin, Scooter Blenny, Bartlett's Anthias, Royal Gramma, Pseudochromis Splendens. Blue/Gold Crocea Clam, Teardrop Squamosa Clam Coral favorites include: 2 Acanastreas, Pink Cynaria, Green Cynaria, Birdsnest, Trumpets, Red and Pink and Green Goniporas (3), Frogspawn (peach favorite), Fox Coral, Diploastrea, Blasto, 3 Fungia (orange, purple, and green) and many others.

01-01-2007, 04:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
daveat Sea Pen Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: fraggin a fungia lgerold - do you feed yours? mine gets mysis shrimp on a daily basis, before i fed him he wasn't near as nice. also he is about 5" in dia. maybe 6"

01-01-2007, 04:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
lgerold Scopas Tang Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brainerd, Mn Posts: 473 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: fraggin a fungia Daveat, I feed mine occasionally. Come to think of it, when I wasn't feeding it (up to about 2 months ago), it didn't have the tentacle extension that it has now. You are probably on to something! Wow! 5-6 inches. That's awesome! __________________ Lucy Upgrade from 125 long to 210 on 1/7/07. 66 gallon sump/refugium. 10 hrs of light: 500 watt pc actinic 10 hrs 400 watt pc daylight 6 hrs 500 watt MH 4 hrs 180 lbs branch liverock. 100 lbs + assorted liverock. 3"+ DSB. Fish - Foxface, Yellow Tang, Mimic Tang, 2 Tomato Clowns, pair True Percula Clowns (and their 6 inch pastel green carpet), Mandarin, Scooter Blenny, Bartlett's Anthias, Royal Gramma, Pseudochromis Splendens. Blue/Gold Crocea Clam, Teardrop Squamosa Clam Coral favorites include: 2 Acanastreas, Pink Cynaria, Green Cynaria, Birdsnest, Trumpets, Red and Pink and Green Goniporas (3), Frogspawn (peach favorite), Fox Coral, Diploastrea, Blasto, 3 Fungia (orange, purple, and green) and many others.

01-01-2007, 06:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 7,386 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: fraggin a fungia Here's mine eating some mysis shrimp, I would never cut it ! __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

01-02-2007, 09:14 PM	#12 (permalink)
daveat Sea Pen Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: fraggin a fungia both of those are quite nice as well, although they look like they are "supposed" to be considered a long tentacle plate. i would really love to have a pink one like that. i stil have yet to decide if i have the heart to cut mine. i think i might try cutting off just a small peice on one side and see what happens

01-07-2007, 07:10 PM	#13 (permalink)
daveat Sea Pen Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: fraggin a fungia well i did it, cut it about 10 min ago along with my new hammer coral. mommie fungia looks ok (with peice missing) and the little one still has color in it, we will see how it goes over the next few days, i will keep anybody interested posted

01-08-2007, 08:45 AM	#15 (permalink)
robinscp Fire Coral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hull, UK Posts: 66 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: fraggin a fungia Keep us informed. Hope everything goes fine. pics? __________________ 6x2x2 reef tank 3x150W halides 40"x18"x18" sump .................................................. ................

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