Fragging Scolymia

[mrnewberry]

Cool. Well done. Thank you for sharing this process. Looking forward to more updates. I wonder how long before the little guys round off?

I wonder that as well. Seeing as how this is my first go at it I don't have any answers yet. However, these were cut from a smaller scoly and I was thinking that the smaller frags might round out a bit quicker and likely eventually end up quite round. But, only time will tell. That or someone else with more experience chimes in.

 

[EdansClownHouse]

Thanks for sharing. BTW...The video shows cutting an end piece of the Scoly. I was told when you cut a Scoly, you have to make sure each piece has part of the mouth. Otherwise the Scoly starves and dies. Does anyone know if this is true!?

 

[mrnewberry]

My scoly was a siamese twin scoly. So I seperated the two scolys. Which is what you see in the above video. Then cut it through the center leaving a bit of mouth for each of the three frags. I have cut a couple of tiny frags as they seemed to want to separate. But they are so small most people wouldn't even try to grow them. So if they don't make it I wouldn't blame it on not having a mouth. Next time I do it I will likely try a couple of mouthless frags.

 

[Rob&Gab]

keeping this thread alive. Great thread. just went threw it saw it on reef2reef FB page. awesome job bud.

 

[backpack]

I grafted a ufo and bleeding apple *** together. I have been waiting it out. They receeded at first but after a month they came back. Based on the growth
I think grow out will be at least a year. I started two months ago.

 

[mrnewberry]

Scolys feeding:

 

[EdansClownHouse]

Wow! Fantastic. Are those the little pieces that started with no mouths!? Did they actually grow mouths!!?? :wink:

 

[mrnewberry]

These were from the three pieces that were each cut with a little piece of the mouth.

 

[revhtree]

Keep us updated and congrats!

 

[Mr. Microscope]

Awsome progress! Thanks for the update!

 

[Sicklid]

Wow nice job, scolys arent easy to frag and you are doing it so good!!

 

[joshporksandwich]

very cool

 

[mrnewberry]

I have been enjoying watching these guys progress. I think that I have decided to build up some structure underneath them with some sort of epoxy/putty type product. So, now I will need to research. Then I will build up some structure so that the scolys can just grow out instead of having to build up to make a normal looking Scoly.

 

[EdansClownHouse]

I have been enjoying watching these guys progress. I think that I have decided to build up some structure underneath them with some sort of epoxy/putty type product. So, now I will need to research. Then I will build up some structure so that the scolys can just grow out instead of having to build up to make a normal looking Scoly.

Any new updates! :smile:

 

[flowflezy]

My newest addition cut 2 weeks ago doing very good eating crazy. Cool thread

 

[mrnewberry]

My newest addition cut 2 weeks ago doing very good eating crazy. Cool thread

Nice! I would love to see how it progresses.

 

[mrnewberry]

Any new updates! :smile:

No big changes. Still need to pick up something to built up some structure for them.

 

[rogersb]

I see you're interested in mouthless frags and just recently have something to input. I don't recall exactly when, but around 10 months ago I fed a war paint scoly and afterward a crab must have gone after the food. I never saw the event, but afterward I found the scoly completely devoid of a mouth and most of its oral disk. Pretty much all that was left was the outer very fleshy part. I thought it would be a goner but threw it in my sump under t-5's. Within the last couple weeks I have been able to see decent growth and 3 new mouths form. 1/4 of the outer tissue died but the other 3/4 have each grown new mouths and they can be fed. I started this week feeding hikari marine 's'. I am thinking that the growth time for them to become actual scolys will be months more - and tiny ones at that. If you're into a science experiment go ahead, but the turn around time on these mouthless pieces is crazy long.

On a side note, what is the reason you fragged these? I have been thinking about doing it to several others to sell at our frag swaps. I could make small frags, heal them, and sell them cheap so others can enjoy them. I hate the price tag they have so this benefits everyone by having frags(not wild pieces) and cheaper prices locally.

 

[mrnewberry]

Well, at some point I decided I wanted a Scoly but found them a bit spendy. I discovered a few folks were fragging them and tried to get a few people to go in with me. But, without solid commitments I found a Siamese twin Scoly to experiment on. I have been enjoying it so far.

 

[mrnewberry]

I just used some aquascape construction epoxy to build up around the frags so they would have a better framework to grow onto. These pictures were taken right after I did it. It will be several hours before the epoxy has cured.