coral cutting

[yello tang]

Hello Everyone,
I have a finger leather coral that has been in my tank for over 3 yrs now and it split 4 times and is getting to big it is the size of a basketball now, is it possible to cut the coral and move it to a different part of the tank if so how do I go about doing this?

 

[cyn]

There is a thread in the archives section that talks about fragging. I know there is a link there about fragging leathers.
HTH,
cyn

 

[yello tang]

Thanks Cyn,
I just made the cuttings on finger leather and attached one with super glue and one with a rubberband and i also cut my cabbage leather and just put it in between to rocks i will keep u updated on how they react to the cuttings
Thanks Again

 

[yello tang]

Update,
It has been about 4hrs and all corals are starting to open up i can see there polyps, But one question how long before they attach to the rock when should i try to remove the rubberband?

 

[ksujason]

I read on a web site about propagating leathers. It stated to allow about 2 weeks for healing and attachment to the rock.HTH