Chili Coral

[sputz]

I have a non-photo chili coral that is growing,and eating well (currently eating phyto and zoo plex). It's going to outgrow the cave I made for him soon. Anyone have any experience fragging these neat corals? Also Id rather not break the rock it is on to frag it.
Thanks.

 

[fishygurl]

wow thats cool ive always heard chili coral are a hard coral to keep, so idk how to frag them and i havnt tried keeping one yet. But do you just keep buying the phyto and zoo plex? How often?

 

[sputz]

I feed every two days so yes I just keep buying it about a 8oz every 2 mths. Im not set up to culture my own, and I doubt I will want to get to that point. My chili is always open in the morning before lights come on at 10am so I feed him at that time. Sometimes it opens up at around 5 in the afternoon but that only happens a couple of times a week. He really is to tall right now for the cave but he just bends himself out and pokes the top out of the cave. Here is a close up of it at 5 in the afternoon. The flash washed the picture out so it really doesnt do it justice. So any fragging ideas would be helpful. If fragging them is a bad idea I might just move him to another cave that isn't as shaded and see how it does.
For those interested in parameters
Sal 1.023
Ph 8.1-8.3 morning/night
Nitrate 0
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Cal 440
Alk 6
2 HOB filter / skimmer
3 powerheads one pointing at general direction of the cave but not directly
When I got it they had it under 4 Metal Halides not sure the power but they were big lamps and 2 sets of pc lights and it was a little stub never opened once or inflated.