Elegance Coral Reproduction

Palancar · Sep 22, 2009

Our Indo Elegance Coral has just thrown off a baby. The baby has been attached by flesh for the past 2 to 3 weeks; its hard skeleton is about 1/2" high, 1/2" wide and 1/4" thick. I went ahead and mounted it on a frag disk since we do not want to lose it in the vat. We were pretty excited when we saw the protrusion on the mother colony's skeleton. We got the mother colony not long after Hurricane Rita came through our area. Here are some pictures, overhead and through the glass. I will take some more once it inflates.

subielover · Sep 22, 2009

That is cool, have any pics of the original?

Palancar · Sep 22, 2009

No I never took any pictures of the Mother Colony. I will try and get some tomorrow.

ahayes13 · Sep 22, 2009

very cool :)

nayrgaijin · Sep 22, 2009

That is awesome, keep us updated please :)

chefzif · Sep 22, 2009

That is real cool

laskopyre · Sep 22, 2009

Awesome. I was trying to get mine to do that, but no success.

Palancar · Sep 23, 2009

laskopyre said:
Awesome. I was trying to get mine to do that, but no success.

What process were you using or doing? Just curious to see if it will bud some more babies. The wife loves it when "her" corals do something like this.

The Nomad · Sep 23, 2009

Palancar said:
What process were you using or doing? Just curious to see if it will bud some more babies. The wife loves it when "her" corals do something like this.

Set the hook Louis! LOL! You should get her some more corals!
Back to topic, what if any info have you discovered about elegance reproduction?

Palancar · Sep 23, 2009

The Nomad said:
Set the hook Louis! LOL! You should get her some more corals!
Back to topic, what if any info have you discovered about elegance reproduction?

I tried that with the Acans and she won't bite, now her chalices and colored sticks that is a different story. :bigsmile:

Palancar · Sep 24, 2009

Here is a current picture of the mother colony and the baby.

nayrgaijin · Sep 24, 2009

Wow that is a nice BIG mother colony you have !

subielover · Sep 24, 2009

That is sweet looking!

Palancar · Sep 29, 2009

nayrgaijin said:
Wow that is a nice BIG mother colony you have !

Thanks for the comments nayrgaijin and subielover, but it is not that big compared to the colonies you would see when we first got into reefing. At one wholesaler I saw a colony that totally covered the bottom of a 75 gallon tank.