Snip all of the tips?

[ReefEnabler]

thanks for clarifying.

I've mashed up some of my mille's while taking PAR readings and noticed all the areas that I damaged started growing.

I have 2 mille colonies that I got maricultured from DiversDen.... one has grown nicely and evenly all over, the other has turned into stubby ugly branches everywhere except for 3 branches that have exploded in one direction, and those look deformed. Going to see if I can 'prune' it back into a nice form

 

[swhaley40]

Ryan, my red milli is similar...about 3 arms are growing ridiculously fast while the others are at a medium pace. I just fragged one of the slow branches(a week ago) and it's exploding with new growth.

 

[steve9]

check out garfs site ....they have been trying different ways to mount frags and playing around with clipping tips for years....check out what happens when you turn a frag upsice down.......WHEN YOU CLIP ANY PLANT YOU FORCE A SINGLE STALK TO TURN INTO A FEW STALKS....No different with a coral....

 

[dwhanc00]

This has some great info. Posted in another sectio, but thought I would piggy back on this thread.

Ihave been experimenting with a "v" shaped blue tip acro that broke off the mother colony. After letting it grow out about 2 months, the "v" just got bigger with no splitting. I decided to frag it about 3 or 4 months ago. It then split three times at the tip where fragged and seemed to grow faster than some others in the tank.

My questions:

-How different are each species of acros?
-Does fragging encourage growth?
-If an acro is stagnant, should you frag? How much?
-What if the acro seems to be getting fat and shooting sprouts all from the same spot and shading lower ones?
-How do you frag when it is attached to a rock if you do not have the bone clipper?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[RobsReefs]

update's???

 

[Maxi]

Scraped the sides of my purple slimer because it just kept growing straight across rather than expanding.. now I have 3 side branches.
Turquoise staghorn boomed after 1/16 inch cuts with a nail clipper.
Tables - expanded.
plates - even bigger.

I think this is done as a way to keep the next generation of coral alive; harm occurs, then the reproduction begins to re-establish itself.