Caulastrea fragging Question?

[SeymourDuncan]

Ok, I know how to frag it and have successfully.

My question is this.

Since it grows as a branchy tree, if I fragged Every head on it, would the left over branch still grow new heads? I have enough heads for everyone that has asked me for one, but not enough to keep any....just the empty branch, I don't really care either way, its not my favorite. Just curious as I have never tried completely Decapitating it.

Thanks!!! So far You guys have lead me the right way!!!

 

[revsgirl]

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[SeymourDuncan]

I may have to experiment myself revsgirls.

Either people here just are not experienced with this or i stumbled onto another breakthrough lol.

Maybe if i chop off all the head, by the time i get a response i will have a new growth lol.

 

[Rob.D]

If there is still flesh on the skeleton it will grow new heads.

 

[SeymourDuncan]

If there is still flesh on the skeleton it will grow new heads.

By flesh, do you mean part of the head? or like when I cut it's branch the stuff inside?

The specimen I have is a branch from a bigger piece with 4 branches, one head on each. My goal is to cut them all off, and the old branch regenerate.
I cut about 1/4in or more below the heads on the 2 I have already fragged.

This should work then right?

 

[ritter6788]

If you cut the head off it will not regrow from the skeleton. There's a slim chance but not likely. You're better off fragging a couple of heads and letting the others multiply before fragging again.

 

[SeymourDuncan]

Ok, i will leave just one head.
The only reason im really even wondering is because im moving and instead of getting rid of everything, im fragging them all to stubs, or single polyps at least. Figure, smaller corals,less chance of die off. I have a month til the move, enough time for the frags to heal before tear down and transport. Seem logical?