Coral Identification & frag question

[newbiemike]

All,

Sorry for the bad pic quality. Is this Sinularia Dura (cabbage leather), and if so, how dificult is it to frag? I've read some horror stories about fragging this type and losing the entire coral.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data...nulariaDura.jpg

Thanks
-Mike

 

[tinyreef]

linky no worky.

 

[newbiemike]

hmm, not sure why. Something I did obviously. It's in my gallery

 

[David Grigor]

I've never had a problem fragging. Usually I just seperate a stalk from the rest using a dremel cutting the rock that the cabbage is on. This way no re-attachment issues.

 

[newbiemike]

Updated pic-much clearer, hopefully you can get to this one...

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data...576Dscn0835.jpg

 

[IslandCrow]

I've only fragged mine once, but it was pretty simple. I just took a pair of stainless steel scissors and snip-snip. I then used needle and thread to attach the frag onto a piece of rubble. There was about a week where the frag looked like it may not make it, four weeks later, it's doing very well, and the stump that I left from the original is growing back as well. These guys seem to be pretty resilient. As a matter of fact, this was my very first coral, so anything that can survive my first 5 or 6 months of blundering has to be nearly indestructible.

 

[newbiemike]

I fragged my leather as you guys said and it worked like a charm! thanks guys