Montipora digita

[loweryphil]

I snapped some of my montipora by accident. The snapped branches are currently laying on there side on the rock. Will these atatch and start growing upwards as they are?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I have four frags on the sand right now growing like crazy.

for fun, stick them side ways on the rock. Horizontal.

 

[loweryphil]

I have four frags on the sand right now growing like crazy.

for fun, stick them side ways on the rock. Horizontal.

Theyre not stuck down. Will they grip the rock on there own?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Theyre not stuck down. Will they grip the rock on there own?

sometimes yes. they need chemical signals to encrust.
what those are only they know, but coraline is one.

 

[loweryphil]

sometimes yes. they need chemical signals to encrust.
what those are only they know, but coraline is one.

 

[loweryphil]

Photo to clear things up

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

If they don't get knocked around It might stick.
Me having turbos and an urchin, I just started putting a dab of glue on them and sticking them in holes.

 

[ReefersDirect Verified Sponsor]

If nothing moves it around it will encrust but I suggest a little dab of glue. Most of the time hermits, snails and shrimp move things around

 

[TheLadyCrash]

Whenever I accidentally snap a piece off a branching monti like that, I try and glue it down somewhere near the original specimen. I figure maybe I can fake my way to a colony that way.