getting button polops to new spots?

[bchbum189]

Ive have one rock about 6"by4" and its about 3/4 covered with my button polops. there are several new stalks growing up on the rock, but i was wondering if theres a way to get some of these onto one of my LR so they can start growing on them instead of this little rock. Or do i have to let them decide where they want to spread to?

 

[fmelindy]

Not at all. You could cut the matt and attach to another rock in your tank (I have done this) or you could spread rubble all around the rock they are on now and wait (it won't take long).

 

[bchbum189]

how do you attach it to new spots, and do i just cut a stalk down with a razor, seems kinda crude

 

[thomas712]

I usuall use some rock rubble and let them grow onto it. I'll even occationally feed them, all it takes is a squirt of dissolved shrimp pellet or the end of a frozen cube of mysis shrimp after you have feed the larger pieces to anemones, fish or whatever.

 

[fmelindy]

Yes, it sounds crude but it works. Remember, it's the mat you want to cut, not the polyps themselves. You can attach them to the new rock with superglue. It doesn't have to be a super hold since they will soon grow onto the new substrate. I have done this myself and it does work.