Asexual Propogation of Aussie Elegance

[zona322]

i cut my elegance ones ever other month with a tile saw. it dose grate next time i do it i will take pics.
craig

 

[Ian]

Ive read before where someone tied a rubberband around the coral until a line of flesh under the rubberband died off and the flesh along either side healed up. They then removed the rubberband and cut along the skeleton where the band was...

 

[laskopyre]

It would be interesting to see it cut on a tile saw. I'm a little leary of the rubberband method. I've heard good and bad things about doing it. Mostly based on band being to tight and killing part of the coral. I checked the coral and I don't see anything spectacular happening. It has a broken piece, but it's not doing much. Guess I'll give it a little more time.

 

[Ian]

Its supposed to kill part of the coral but only the part under the band...

 

[stunreefer Verified Sponsor]

Fragging an elegance is no biggee... done it quite a few times. Here's a pic of my prized elegance that was fragged right after import:

He was incredibly healthy the whole time I had him (2 years). Here's a link to pics I took of him eating snails off the glass!: MURDEROUS Elegance coral (Catalaphyllia jardinei)....check it! - Michigan Reefers Sold him after a move to a local reefer a while back.


Here's some more info for ya:
"Frag" of the Month - March 2007 - Propagation of Anchor and Brain Corals - Reefkeeping.com

Elegance Coral fragging

 

[zona322]

when i get back form va ca i will do it and have my wife take lots of pics.
craig

 

[subielover]

How about those pics?