Long Tentacle Fungia Fragging

[charliereef]

My coral grew like 2 inches in a month and now I have to frag it, my only other experience fragging was with acans, sps and euphyllia but I'm scared to kill it. Looking for tips to frag this one succesfully. Any help is appreciated

 

[KrisReef]

Heliofungia

I am not sure if these are good candidates for fragmentation?

 

[charliereef]

Heliofungia

I am not sure if these are good candidates for fragmentation?

Not really but I'll have to at some point because it wont fit any longer

 

[slingfox]

My coral grew like 2 inches in a month and now I have to frag it, my only other experience fragging was with acans, sps and euphyllia but I'm scared to kill it. Looking for tips to frag this one succesfully. Any help is appreciated

Heliofungia are very difficult to keep. They sometimes live a few months but eventually pass away.

You have a beautiful specimen. I am pretty sure it will die if you frag it. If the fungia absolutely cannot fit in your tank you may want to rehome it.

 

[i cant think]

My coral grew like 2 inches in a month and now I have to frag it, my only other experience fragging was with acans, sps and euphyllia but I'm scared to kill it. Looking for tips to frag this one succesfully. Any help is appreciated

It’s a difficult coral to frag but it is doable. All it requires is that your system has no fluctuations and is mature before it is fragged.

Do you have a bandsaw as I find this is a coral which must be fragged on a band saw because of how clean the cut is required to be.

 

[charliereef]

Heliofungia are very difficult to keep. They sometimes live a few months but eventually pass away.

You have a beautiful specimen. I am pretty sure it will die if you frag it. If the fungia absolutely cannot fit in your tank you may want to rehome it.

I have another tank upstairs so if it comes to that I can move it there but i'd rather keep it here, obviously if the risk is too high I think I'll move it upstairs

 

[charliereef]

It’s a difficult coral to frag but it is doable. All it requires is that your system has no fluctuations and is mature before it is fragged.

Do you have a bandsaw as I find this is a coral which must be fragged on a band saw because of how clean the cut is required to be.

No bandsaw unfortunately, tank is about year and a half running, pretty stable.

 

[i cant think]

No bandsaw unfortunately, tank is about year and a half running, pretty stable.

Yeah, I wouldn’t frag a Helio without a bandsaw due to the high level of risk if the cut doesn’t occur too well.

A year and a half is good but I’ve found it can still be a bit 50/50 with will it survive or not. I’d say wait for the tank to be maybe 3 years old unless you’re testing for Mg, Ca, Kh etc. on a daily basis. This is one of the most sensitive corals when fragged IME.