Oxypora growth question

[longra]

I bought this oxypora a while back and it was shaped a little like a bowl (the pic below is at dinner time).

The bottom was all hard structure and looked like it had been attached at a 2" round point when it was harvested.

If I frag it, will it attach to live rock and "reach" out in a plate-like structure - making its own support? I've tried all the readings and internet searches and really don't have a good answer to how they attach and grow.

Thanks in advance,

 

[GrassLandReefer]

I have some oxies and they are encrusting,so they grow to the shape of the object(peice of LR) they are on.

 

[longra]

Interesting. I thought they were a challice-type and built its own structure as it grows.

 

[slojmn]

longra, even chalices will form over the object they are growing on. They still create a skeleton underneath but it grows to the dips and valleys of the rock it is placed on.

 

[longra]

Thanks for the info. If it runs out of rocky area will it start to build a shelf itself?

 

[bookfish]

Yup, or it might nodule up, or furl over...
That's the great part of chalice collecting, they're incredibly variable AND changeable.
Nice coral btw.-Jim

 

[longra]

Thanks. I fragged it this weekend and hope to share in the near future.