darrin
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what do you do when you stare at a beautiful colony of bright purple motipora digitata and wonder... should i or shoudn't ? i want it to keep growing as it is almost a foot across, but i want more frags for trade....
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to frag, or not to frag, that is the question (1 Viewer)
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Frag the fragging fragger! Monti Dig is a very fast grower and will grow over and replace whatever is fragged pretty quickly. I would be that within a few months you won't even be able to notice that it was fragged at all. Go for it....just wait until the next frag swap in April so that I can get a piece.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the one in a couple of weeks.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the one in a couple of weeks.
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You make a great point. At a colony that size I can see taking frags from it, but those folks who chop up a 4 iinch tall FRAG into three 1 inch frags, and leave one 1 incher in their tank to grow out again seems a little self defeating. Most of the pics I see of folks who are fragging their "colonies" are of frags themself. I thought in order to be classified as a colony you should be able to recognise a growth shape (ie. table, staghorn, bottlebrush, digitata, cappy). Maybe somebody can explain... or are we fragging these SPS so we will have 40 frags to bring to the swap. Sooner or later folks have to let corals grow or they will have 100 frags in a 55 gallon system, and its gonna look like a corn field right after harvest.
You make a great point. At a colony that size I can see taking frags from it, but those folks who chop up a 4 iinch tall FRAG into three 1 inch frags, and leave one 1 incher in their tank to grow out again seems a little self defeating. Most of the pics I see of folks who are fragging their "colonies" are of frags themself. I thought in order to be classified as a colony you should be able to recognise a growth shape (ie. table, staghorn, bottlebrush, digitata, cappy). Maybe somebody can explain... or are we fragging these SPS so we will have 40 frags to bring to the swap. Sooner or later folks have to let corals grow or they will have 100 frags in a 55 gallon system, and its gonna look like a corn field right after harvest.
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I say wait. I think when the colony gets to a size that you feel is too big for the tank-frag it. If you are really enjoying the way it looks in your tank and what it does for the tanks appearance-leave it alone. Wait till later when your ready for a little change. don't feel like you're missing an opportunity because you don't have any monti frags. Like the great voice said,"If you frag it, they will come".
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Thats a great point Tony. I totally agree. I thought the idea of keeping sps corals or any for that matter is the see the nice growth form these corals can achieve. When you are constantly fragging any new growth off of a frag itself then that is defeating the purpose.
Now in Darrin's situation, fragging a large colony the idea is to to take some frags from where they can't even be seen as gone. The underside or some tips. Montipora digitata should be healed in weeks maybe days.
What I see lots doing is taking frags from established colonies and then either using that frag to grow out and frag from, so as to let the original colony continue to grow.
Now in Darrin's situation, fragging a large colony the idea is to to take some frags from where they can't even be seen as gone. The underside or some tips. Montipora digitata should be healed in weeks maybe days.
What I see lots doing is taking frags from established colonies and then either using that frag to grow out and frag from, so as to let the original colony continue to grow.
