Fragging Questions (warning, Pictures)

[Wildstar1063]

I have these two Corals, that I got from the club in 2004, and I have no Ideaa how to frag
them . Here are the Pics.

Candy Cane, I believe this came from paul, when the frag program first started:

Green hydnophora, I'm not shure if this one came from the frag program, or if it was
one of the ones donated by a LFS (ReefShop I think) at one of the meetings in 2004.

I'd appreciate some advice/instructions on fragging these, so I can contribute to the
frag programs.

All of these are growing under 260 watts of power compact lighting (2 actinic blues. and 2 50/50's) With no detectable Ammonia. Nitrates or Nitrites. in a 55 gallon tank with a 6 to
7 inch sand bed (it was 7" when it started, but has settled), so the corals are much closer
to the lighting than they would be in a normal 55 with a 3 or 4 inch sand bed.

Also, does any one know what the stick of red coral is in front of the hydnophora? I got
it a couple of weeks ago, from a guy who came over to get some southdown for his
nano.

Thanks

Chuck

 

[pwhitby]

The candycane: wait until the white colored flesh, between two of the heads, goes dark (meaning dead skeleton) then take a pair of wire cutters and just cut through at that area.

The hydnophora can just be snapped with your fingers.

The hydno came from me as well.

Paul.

 

[Wildstar1063]

Thanks for the info Paul.

On the Hydnophora, should it be fragged when it is all extended like it is in the picture,
or when it's looking like a stick? This one is almost alwasy extended, so it's kinda hard to tell where the skeleton is. How big of a frag should be made to make someone a viable start?

I guess the candycane is not ready to frag yet as there seem to be no dead spots.
How do candycanes propagate in the wild?


Does any one have an ID for the red coral?


Thanks

Chuck E.

 

[djc1026]

The red coral almost looks like some sort of monti digitata, kinda dark and hard to tell though.

Paul, hydno is brittle enough to just snap off a piece?

Dave

 

[pwhitby]

yep, just grip and snap. The skeleton is very thin.