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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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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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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. Nick
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Details of my 20 gallon nano-reef tank can be found here:
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...readid=1265753 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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Re: Fragged my Elegance Coral
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BTW, that is one incredible nano tank. |
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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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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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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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