Accidental frags!

[Chrille26]

Hi! I have some corals that have been knocked off by my hand or by bulldozing snails and urchins, I have just reglued them only to have entirely new frags pop up in the old spot weeks later! I find it super interesting to follow that small fragment grow into a new coral.

Do you have any corals in your reef that has grown out of small fragments left or by moving encrusted corals?

Ripped a Sarcophyton leather while moving it, now two separate new heads have popped up beneath a Caulastrea:

Changed position of a Green slimer Acro just when I bought it. It was just a dab of glue left at the spot, or so I thought, now an entirely new foot has grown:

I lost a forest fire Digitata due to RTN last year. I kept the rock and added it to my new setup, and now a new foot has grown and some tips are showing:

 

[Fernthereefer]

Part of the fun of growing corals. My philosophy is to always give them a chance, even if they look dead. Lol

 

[Chrille26]

just found another one while checking the tank. A small branch of Montipora Setosa has fallen into a hole in a rock, only to set foot and begin growing out towards the light:

 

[Gtinnel]

I have several frags of corals from where I left them on a frag rack long enough that they encrusted onto the rack. When I pulled the original frag off it left a little bit of coral on the rack, which I then picked off and glued to new plugs. I also have a hollywood stunner chalice that on transporting it home had a few little pieces break of, so now I have several hollywood stunner chalices.

The frustrating one for me though is the kenya tree corals that pop up in random spots around my tank. I should have never put that thing in my tank.

 

[Chrille26]

I have several frags of corals from where I left them on a frag rack long enough that they encrusted onto the rack. When I pulled the original frag off it left a little bit of coral on the rack, which I then picked off and glued to new plugs. I also have a hollywood stunner chalice that on transporting it home had a few little pieces break of, so now I have several hollywood stunner chalices.

The frustrating one for me though is the kenya tree corals that pop up in random spots around my tank. I should have never put that thing in my tank.

Haha yeah I agree about the Kenya tree! Bought a blue one supposedly called Bali tree since the guy at the store said they dont drop as many frags, he was wrong..
Sold the mother and removed all the frag balls I could grab, and still I have one tree left in the far back!

 

[Gtinnel]

Haha yeah I agree about the Kenya tree! Bought a blue one supposedly called Bali tree since the guy at the store said they dont drop as many frags, he was wrong..
Sold the mother and removed all the frag balls I could grab, and still I have one tree left in the far back!

The main one I have has is attached down in the rock. I'm considering cutting it off as low as I can and then filling the hole with epoxy.

 

[Chuk]

I have a forest fire digi that died back to 2-3 polyps that has been working its way back. These were mid January to last week.

 

[Chrille26]

I have a forest fire digi that died back to 2-3 polyps that has been working its way back. These were mid January to last week.

Nice! Mine was a speck barely noticable for the longest time before it took off, and now it is sprouting branches! As long are there is stability it will grow.

 

[Gtinnel]

Not a new frag but I had a zoa melt away to where there was no visible tissue left on the rock, and I assumed it was dead. A few months later I noticed a few small dots glowing under my blue lights. Now it has spread to be a few dozen polyps.

 

[KrisReef]

Yup. Happends all the time, especially once you get Aiptasia.

 

[ZoWhat]

It's the Circle of Life

 

[Chrille26]

Removed my Kenya tree mothercoral, since it started dropping babies like crazy, apparently this one made it beneathe a rock in the back. And now three or four months later, it is growing out like crazy!