Bubble Coral
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mushroomss
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frag???
zanoshanox
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How big, how many mouths?
sharkbait9
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It can be done, but very time consuming and very difficult. You need to dremel/roto zip the skeleton going around from edge of flesh to edge of flesh, but don't cut the flesh. Cutting only an inch or two deep (depending on the girth of the skeleton) and then placing wedges in the skeleton and every couple of day push the wedge in deeper forcing the Skelton into two parts.
As the skeleton split’s the flesh will stretch causing it to split into two live sections. Once the flesh has split you can then complete the skeleton split. I have done this twice and like I said it is very time consuming and to very nerve racking. A, playing with electricity and water
and B, cutting and pushing wedges into the skeleton :scared: . But yes it can be done.
As the skeleton split’s the flesh will stretch causing it to split into two live sections. Once the flesh has split you can then complete the skeleton split. I have done this twice and like I said it is very time consuming and to very nerve racking. A, playing with electricity and water
sharkbait9
Active Member
Originally Posted by mushroomss
frag???
Frag = Fragmentation = propagation of coral. Cutting, splitting, manipulating a single coral into multiple coral =“frags” As coral get big and take up space, reefers will “frag” a coral into smaller coral or parts making/taking the parent coral/colony back to its original size. Then after fraging the coral they will trade the frag parts with people for others “new coral” or trade with LFS for credit on new coral pieces.
HTH
frag???
Frag = Fragmentation = propagation of coral. Cutting, splitting, manipulating a single coral into multiple coral =“frags” As coral get big and take up space, reefers will “frag” a coral into smaller coral or parts making/taking the parent coral/colony back to its original size. Then after fraging the coral they will trade the frag parts with people for others “new coral” or trade with LFS for credit on new coral pieces.
HTH
) to frag mine just yet. Tks again.
sharkbait9
Active Member
np
do it once very nerve racking. Second time not so bad, but electricity and water still gets me a little iffy. Even thou the corals out of the water, but its still wet and dripping water so i still get a nervous playing with it.
trikonreef
Member
c'mon. It's not so hard as all that. Shheeesh. Let a collector crab have at it. You can usually pick the crab up for like 8 bucks. I did by mistake and now I have more bubbles than I can handle.... Maybe I'll try a species only tank with them all.....hmmmmmmmmm
mudplayerx
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This is just my opinion, but I would not try to frag a bubble coral. While they are a very hardy species once they become established in the tank, they respond poorly to disturbance. My guess is someone attempting to frag one without having done if before will result in dissapointment.
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lbaskball
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I've had the worst luck with bubble corals. I tried to keep 2, no luck, and never again.
zanoshanox
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I've also had two, without very good luck. :'(
natep206
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zanoshanox
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me too! lol [If you are into that]
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trikonreef
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Originally Posted by Pyro
Any more opinions on the collector crab idea?
LMAO
If I ever try to go this route again I'd watch the crab real close and set up an individual tank for the bubble. I'll NEVER let another one of these crabs loose on my reef again. One of my LFS assured me he was an oaky addition. Lying
[hr]
. It tried to collect everything in my tank. It even killed a pulsing xzenia that I had. The one good thing it did was frag alot of my leathers and this other thing I have that looks like a bush. I've got all kinds of little starts growing all over the place. It's kinda cool actually, like watching nature take it course.... It's just not the best idea. It worked almost too good for me but might not for someone else. so take this idea with some salt.
Any more opinions on the collector crab idea?
LMAO
If I ever try to go this route again I'd watch the crab real close and set up an individual tank for the bubble. I'll NEVER let another one of these crabs loose on my reef again. One of my LFS assured me he was an oaky addition. Lying
[hr]
. It tried to collect everything in my tank. It even killed a pulsing xzenia that I had. The one good thing it did was frag alot of my leathers and this other thing I have that looks like a bush. I've got all kinds of little starts growing all over the place. It's kinda cool actually, like watching nature take it course.... It's just not the best idea. It worked almost too good for me but might not for someone else. so take this idea with some salt.
trikonreef
Member
Originally Posted by NateP206
trikon reef. send me a bubble coral! natep206@hotmail.com
nate
I have no idea how to send these things to you guy's. I do have a couple of them if it's an all expeses paid trip for 'em. If anyone had something to trade that'd be cool to.
vinnyl, Sorry for the slight Hijack.
trikon reef. send me a bubble coral! natep206@hotmail.com
nate
I have no idea how to send these things to you guy's. I do have a couple of them if it's an all expeses paid trip for 'em. If anyone had something to trade that'd be cool to.
vinnyl, Sorry for the slight Hijack.
monalisa
Active Member
I am SO glad that I did a search on bubble corals here. It never dawned on my that they should not be fragged. I just bought one today...acclimated her for 2 hours...and just now put her in the tank. I was a little worried because some of the polyps were severely deflated when she first went in, but now, 15 minutes later, she's right at home :jumping:
I'm happy, and more importantly, it looks like she's happy...
Lisa :happyfish
I'm happy, and more importantly, it looks like she's happy...
Lisa :happyfish
sharkbait9
Active Member
Originally Posted by mudplayerx
This is just my opinion, but I would not try to frag a bubble coral. While they are a very hardy species once they become established in the tank, they respond poorly to disturbance. My guess is someone attempting to frag one without having done if before will result in dissapointment.
Well, my first two attempts ended great. I had no negative out come, other then having two pieces of each bubble coral. Never having fragged a bubble coral, let alone anything with a hard skeleton of this type, and not having anyone to walk me thru it made me a nervous wreck.
I was told long ago and I quote “ corals are very resilient, mother nature is not exactly easy or caring at times. Corals split by themselves or with help of man and mother nature.”
I’m not telling any one to do it, I’m just say it can be done. I did it twice. Bubble coral is not a coral you just cut and forget about. you have to work at it till it becomes two pieces. The best part about it is the fact that all your doing is cutting the skeleton, no flesh cutting involved. The coral itself will split on its own, once the splitting of the skeleton starts.
This is just my opinion, but I would not try to frag a bubble coral. While they are a very hardy species once they become established in the tank, they respond poorly to disturbance. My guess is someone attempting to frag one without having done if before will result in dissapointment.
Well, my first two attempts ended great. I had no negative out come, other then having two pieces of each bubble coral. Never having fragged a bubble coral, let alone anything with a hard skeleton of this type, and not having anyone to walk me thru it made me a nervous wreck.
I was told long ago and I quote “ corals are very resilient, mother nature is not exactly easy or caring at times. Corals split by themselves or with help of man and mother nature.”
I’m not telling any one to do it, I’m just say it can be done. I did it twice. Bubble coral is not a coral you just cut and forget about. you have to work at it till it becomes two pieces. The best part about it is the fact that all your doing is cutting the skeleton, no flesh cutting involved. The coral itself will split on its own, once the splitting of the skeleton starts.
mudplayerx said: