do you frag

RogerWilco357 · Feb 25, 2011

If you frag corals for propagation is there A way to speed up the encrusting process on sps or does time heal all wounds? Also what do you add to supplement your frag tank?

acrotrdco · Feb 25, 2011

We often have localized frag swap between a small group of friends here, and so we frag our SPS quite often. In my case, my SPS's usually heal and start growing again within 2 week's time, all I do is to keep my Ca/KH/Mg as stable as possible, I do give a lot of suppliment additives however, Sr / K / Iodide / Trace Elements / KZ SP / KZ B-Balance / KZ Stylo-Pocci Glow, etc.

divewsharks · Feb 25, 2011

^^I do the first part^^
"...all I do is to keep my Ca/KH/Mg as stable as possible..."

youngtimothy · Feb 25, 2011

only when things get to large and start killing things I dont want dead.

drainbamage · Feb 25, 2011

I frag a lot, it's one of my favorite parts of the hobby- just something satisfying about seeing something grow, and then being able to propogate it, suppose some of the Oklahoma roots on my moms side are showing :tongue:

I dose the main three (alk/calc/mag) and count on semi-frequent water changes to take care of the rest. Depending on the coral, I usually have the wound healed over within a week, with complete heal-over and new outgrowth starting after 1-3 weeks. Oddly the larger cuts tend to start growing new polyps the fastest, but take much longer to then proceed growing out.

But yea, patience is really the #1 thing to cause coral growth, beyond ensuring good conditions for the frag (no algae on frag plug/near cuts, healthy amounts of light and flow, etc)