Clove Coral? (1 Viewer)

[dillo]

Has anyone ever "transplanted" this type of coral? If so how did you do it and did it survive? I need to know because it grows like weeds in my tank and I need to get rid of some of it.

 

[Guest]

no, but someone was selling them for $4 a polyp..

 

[dillo]

$$$$$?

Hmmm. Let's see, approx. 1000 polyps @ $4 = $4000.00. Cha-Ching Cha-Ching. Someone tell me how to transplant it successfully and i'll give you a cut!

 

[Guest]

i would think either loose the rock, break the rock, or scrape under the rock like a zoa..

 

[dillo]

Scrape rock

I was hoping of someway to scrape them off due to that I would like to keep my live rock in tact. Just curiuos to know if anyone has done that and can you use superglue to attatch to other rock?

 

[Guest]

well if you have that many -- sounds like you have some room to experiment

 

[dillo]

transplant

Yea. I guess you do have a point there. No big loss if I lose a few. Just hate to see things die if it could be helped. Call me sentimental.

 

[ShaneV]

Superglue probally wont work. You can cut it as low as possible and use a needle and thread to hold it to LR rubble.

 

[Cakepro]

I have been very successful using superglue to transplant clove and glove polyps onto pieces of rubble rock since they don't have a slimy mat. I just use hemostats to gently pull off sections of them, dislodging them from the rock by the mat on which they grow.

Am I the lucky winner?

 

[dillo]

Thanks for your input. I'll try it.