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Old 01/05/2008, 07:34 PM
Sandeep Sandeep is offline
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Fragged my Elegance Coral

I decided to take the bold move and frag one of my Elegance corals. Since I have a 20 gallon tank space is a premium and I have two of these beauties. The one I fragged was an aussie with a cone shaped skeleton like the indo versions. It's been quite healthy and eating well so I decided to give it a try.

Since I don't have a dremmel tool, I used a fine saw to cut the bone and a box cutter knife to cut the flesh. The cone skeleton from it's tip diverged into three cone shaped heads, so I decided to cut along those lines and create three frags.

This is what it looked like a couple of weeks ago before fragging.


After cutting them last night this is what the three major frags look like one day later (the ones on the tank floor).


And here are closeups of each of the three new frags.






Hopefully they can heal up nicely without getting any infection, I will feed them mysis shrimp to build up their strength.

When cutting with the saw, I also inadvertantly ended up with one tiny frag which has a few tenticles on it. I don't think this frag has a mouth, but I'm wondering will it survive and regenerate a mouth like mushrooms do?

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Old 01/05/2008, 09:48 PM
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Wow....you have a lot of guts to try that!!! They look great, congrats! Let me know if you decide to sell one
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Old 01/05/2008, 10:04 PM
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They look beautiful! Hats off to you for trying it, regardless of the outcome.

Can I ask the specifics of your tank? Liights bioload, filteration etc.
How long have you had the Elegence corals?

If you are interested in selling one of them I'd also be interested in buying one.

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Old 01/05/2008, 10:35 PM
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Details of my 20 gallon nano-reef tank can be found here:
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I'm going to wait at least 2 to 3 months to make sure the frags are fully recovered and healthy before selling them.
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Old 01/06/2008, 08:18 AM
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Re: Fragged my Elegance Coral

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Originally posted by Sandeep

When cutting with the saw, I also inadvertantly ended up with one tiny frag which has a few tenticles on it. I don't think this frag has a mouth, but I'm wondering will it survive and regenerate a mouth like mushrooms do?

I don't know if it will survive or not, but I would sure like to find out. I hope you can keep us posted on this little guys condition.

BTW, that is one incredible nano tank.
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Old 01/06/2008, 09:27 AM
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When I fragged my aussie elegance I had a small frag like that chip off one end. Its a little smaller than dime sized. Its still alive after a month. Growing slowly, and hasn't developed a mouth yet, but looks healthy and is developing new tentacles. Just keep it off the sand and somewhere it will not get picked on and it should be fine. Best of luck with the little guy.
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Old 01/06/2008, 11:21 AM
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Good to know that the little guy may have a fighting chance.

We shall see, I will keep this thread updated with developments concerning all the frags.
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Old 01/06/2008, 03:14 PM
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I'd also like to get in line for the final larger frag.

PM me if it is still in good shape when you feel its ready to go!
 

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