Are digi usually fragile?

[zeroc]

I have a small digi who has lost 2 branches in the past 2 days. One by me bumping into it, another by a fish bumping into it. Are they usually brittle?

Wondering if he just isn't healthy. Running two 175w MH.

 

[meemmoo]

Mine seem to break if I look at them wrong. By comparison I think they are one of the brittlest SPS. My stag I can even clip with my coral cutters it's so hard but the monti's snap by hand no prob.

 

[nycbob]

monti digitata is pretty fragile. mine drops branches all the time. now its everywhere. imo, they dont need much light at all. i hv a few growing on my substrate. also, measure ur calcium to be certain.

 

[reefkprz]

they are fairly fragile, but you can ensure the most strength by maintaining high strontium levels. this allows them to build stronger skeletons.

 

[natclanwy]

Mine are very fragile too, I had a nice 8" tall piece with 3 or 4 branches that I grew out from a 1" frag. Now due to my Superior grace it has been reduced to a 4" deformed looking tree and another 3" piece that is pretty deformed looking also.

 

[teen]

my sand bed is covered in digitata frags. whenever i go in my tank its almost guaranteed a piece will break off.

 

[alix2.0]

sounds like a good way to make some extra cash.

 

[teen]

ehh, not really. they usually sell for little money, making it more of a PITA to ship out or deliver than what you get in cash for them.

 

[coralreefer]

my lfs has a pink one

 

[reefmate75]

if you put them in really high flow areas they grow thicker and stronger to resist breaking from currents, thats to say about any hard coral thats branching...but yes they are very easy to snap off just by bumping them

 

[zeroc]

atleast i came probably get 10 bucks a frag locally.