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Coral & Anemone fragging - techniques
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jnowell
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First off, a big thanks to you Anthony, after reading your Coral Prop. book (twice) I now have a spare 58g coral prop tank, supplying Zoas, Ricordea, and Zenia (and snails) to my LFS. My hats off to you.
OK, so I want to frag my long-tentacle anenome. It has 1 year in a well established 150g system, and it's very healthy and well fed (disc is 10"-12" dia.). Problem is, I'm rearing Clarkii clowns from parents that host in that anenome. Do you think fragging it would disrupt the spawning of the Clarkii's?
PS, I'm also an avid scuba diver, and your remarks on observing things on a natural reef is spot on, I recently rearranged one of my tanks after returning from a dive trip to Belize.
OK, so I want to frag my long-tentacle anenome. It has 1 year in a well established 150g system, and it's very healthy and well fed (disc is 10"-12" dia.). Problem is, I'm rearing Clarkii clowns from parents that host in that anenome. Do you think fragging it would disrupt the spawning of the Clarkii's?
PS, I'm also an avid scuba diver, and your remarks on observing things on a natural reef is spot on, I recently rearranged one of my tanks after returning from a dive trip to Belize.
Anthony Calfo
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pyrrhus... well said. TY 
jnowell... thanks kindly. And re: your anemone, I do not think the removcal of the clowns (or anemone) for proapagtion will affect the spawning cycle much if at all. Well fed fishes breed readily. And no commercial clownfish facility needs/uses anemones to any significant extent, if at all. Flower pots/caves, and various other surrogates are better for sterility and ease of care. A majority of clowns in the wild also spawn without host anemones. No worries here.
jnowell... thanks kindly. And re: your anemone, I do not think the removcal of the clowns (or anemone) for proapagtion will affect the spawning cycle much if at all. Well fed fishes breed readily. And no commercial clownfish facility needs/uses anemones to any significant extent, if at all. Flower pots/caves, and various other surrogates are better for sterility and ease of care. A majority of clowns in the wild also spawn without host anemones. No worries here.
robsmith32
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but wouldnt' the cleaver, be more like the natural way the frag/divide in the wild? as being flung against a rock.
robsmith32
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Anthony, also, i Say thanks, and i'm sure others feel the same about your patience with "hobbyist" when saying as i've seen you repeat over and over about not putting motile with sessile.
and thanks for the Freely given education and help. Especially, when the info is already in one of your books that i'm guilty of still needing to pick up.
and thanks for the Freely given education and help. Especially, when the info is already in one of your books that i'm guilty of still needing to pick up.
Anthony Calfo
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no worries, my friends... it is truly my pleasure. A labor of love, at worst 
But you are quite welcome
But you are quite welcome
jnowell
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We have 10,000 people willing to give us free "advice", but only about 10 willing to give free education. When I think about what I've learned from you in chats, books, posts, etc., I have to wonder how much you've personally done for marine eco-systems worldwide...captive and wild. In my house alone, I went from an unhealthy 58g "reef", to a 130 gallon display, a 58g coral propogation tank, a clownfish hatchery, and a LFS that buys less wild caught specimens than before. I've also joined forces with a friend, so we can propogate more corals and fishes, and we started a local reef club.
Multiply that by the thousands of people who have learned from you, and you've made on heck of difference. A drop in the bucket of what we need, but a seriously good start, and one that you should be proud of.
OK, enough of that, someone ask him why your Zoanthids won't grow on your anenome tentacles. He'll get the big head unless we get him off on another rant
Multiply that by the thousands of people who have learned from you, and you've made on heck of difference. A drop in the bucket of what we need, but a seriously good start, and one that you should be proud of.
OK, enough of that, someone ask him why your Zoanthids won't grow on your anenome tentacles. He'll get the big head unless we get him off on another rant
causeofhim
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What are you taking about? Mine do.:bounce2:
Anthony Calfo
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heehee... some days I do indeed have a hair-trigger on the rant gun. Well... it's not really a gun... it's more like a water pistol. Wanna guess what kind of water? 
I certainly do hope to be making a difference too... especially as an educator. It gives me great pleasure when/if so to make a difference in the world. In sincerely hope to earn my keep, at minimum, while I'm on this planet
I certainly do hope to be making a difference too... especially as an educator. It gives me great pleasure when/if so to make a difference in the world. In sincerely hope to earn my keep, at minimum, while I'm on this planet
After seeing Mario's picts. I could see my little 55gal. going in a direction like that! Very cool!
I have a Colt coral that has been dropping small branches for about 2 weeks now, (doesn't seem to be stopping, how long will this go on?). The Colt looks like it's giving itself a hair cut. The branches were long and gangly, now it's more even. I've put about 2-3 frags in small plastic cups with some rubble and they have already attached. Some of the larger ones I've attached to plugs with bridal vail material which I can remove within a 3 day period and attachent has occured. Some I have noticed in various parts of the tank already attached. Is there anything I should be doing to keep these new ones healthy? I will most likely keep all these babies. Can I attach the new frags close to the mother? creating a larger group together? Any help would be appreciated.
Just a beginner hear, not looking to start my own business, but want to do what is responsible.
Thanks for all the education here.
Tom C
I have a Colt coral that has been dropping small branches for about 2 weeks now, (doesn't seem to be stopping, how long will this go on?). The Colt looks like it's giving itself a hair cut.
The branches were long and gangly, now it's more even. I've put about 2-3 frags in small plastic cups with some rubble and they have already attached. Some of the larger ones I've attached to plugs with bridal vail material which I can remove within a 3 day period and attachent has occured. Some I have noticed in various parts of the tank already attached. Is there anything I should be doing to keep these new ones healthy? I will most likely keep all these babies. Can I attach the new frags close to the mother? creating a larger group together? Any help would be appreciated. Just a beginner hear, not looking to start my own business, but want to do what is responsible.
Thanks for all the education here.
Tom C
just make sure the ones that stray to other parts of the tank get enough light and flow. you can put them together but dont overcrowd them. i have 2 capnellas that drop about 40 babies a year.
you can always come to the new jersey reefers club monthly meeting and trade some of them. dont know where u r in jersey, but january's meeting is at my place in hackensack.
rob
you can always come to the new jersey reefers club monthly meeting and trade some of them
. dont know where u r in jersey, but january's meeting is at my place in hackensack.rob
reefboyjim
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Thanks to every one who posted tips on fragging anemone's. I just fragged my 3 inch carpet and it seems to be taking well to being cut.
Aussie Koi
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Anthony another great thread!!
Thank you again.
Regards
Tim
Thank you again.
Regards
Tim
thebicyclecafe
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Thank you so much Anthony.
midknight
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6167211#post6167211 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Anthony Calfo
yes... agreed my friend. Ceramic tiles and marble are generally very good too. Much better in fact (coral settlement/no curing) than poorly made cement plugs... but indeed, a lot more expensive too. Heehee... I'll preach to folks to use marble, but I use the cement plugs myself moreoften at present
Hi Anthony,
You talk about a few types of surfaces to use how well does slate work? I have top from a slate pool table and was hoping to get some use out of it. I was going to try to get a number of purple star polyps going and have a lot of slate on hand.
Dan
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