Halymenia/Dragons Breath

[g_langley]

I have a frag which is starting to grow some roots but my Tuxedo Urchin keeps pulling it about as it's on a rock.

Can I plant this thing in the sand or will it rot?

Thanks

 

[Subsea]

I think it would rot in the sand. Try wedging it between rocks or use a tie wrap to secure it to a small rock.
However, with an urchin in the same tank, it will be difficult to display.

 

[nawilson89]

I think it would rot in the sand. Try wedging it between rocks or use a tie wrap to secure it to a small rock.
However, with an urchin in the same tank, it will be difficult to display.

In an older tank with both gracilaria and an urchin. If the Urchin didn't completely eat and demolish the gracilaria it would die from rotting because I rooted it in the sand.

 

[g_langley]

I think it would rot in the sand. Try wedging it between rocks or use a tie wrap to secure it to a small rock.
However, with an urchin in the same tank, it will be difficult to display.

Thanks, I will keep it placed on rock. I've had it for some weeks and it's growing very slowly, placed on the base of one island. It seems to have lost the bright orange speckles and I'm wondering if it would be better placed higher up?