cutting back colt coral

indigorn

indigorn

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Anyone have experience with fragging or cutting back colt coral :notsure: It is growing like mad in a nano tank that I have. Thanks :happyfish
 
biglurr545

biglurr545

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yea you cut it back and send me the peices you dont want lol im not sure but i know with my toadstool leather i cut it back cause it was over growingmy nano now i have a ton of extra frags and the mother colonie is cut to size
 
indigorn

indigorn

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Thank you for the response biglurr..... But I am unsure on the steps of how to trim or cut the colt coral as I am a beginner to keeping coral... Anyhelp would be appreciated
 
kdfrosty

kdfrosty

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Cut the colt at the base of the branches. then put a toothpick through the base of each clipping. Attach clipping to LR rubble by using a rubberband and wrapping the rubberband around the toothpick that's in each clipping's base.
Give it a couple of weeks and pull the toothpick out. Clipping should be attached to the rubble.
 
faddn5

faddn5

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I tried the toothpick idea a few weeks ago but the frag wasn't looking that great after about a week. The polyps were not as opened as the mother but there where open is that a good sign or bad? Another thing they were not attached to rubble rock after a week, should I have gave it more time? I only fragged a piece about 3" long by 1/2" across, Is that to small of a piece? I wanted to try a small piece before i hacked off a big piece.
 
kdfrosty

kdfrosty

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How'd it go with fragging the Colt?
It usually takes a little while for the Colt to attach. Make sure it's in medium flow. The fact that you had polyp extension at all is a good sign, IMO.
 
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