Mounting corals

[DmitryB]

So I've got a bunch of frags (teeny weeny some of them). They're on plugs, which I don't particularly mind if I bury the plugs in a live rock. The question is: how big of a live rock piece do you need to mount them? Now with Zoas, I guess mount to the rock you want covered with Zoas. But what about the rest: what happens if you mount a Hammer or a Torch to a small rock - does that affect how they develop and grow? Favias, Leptoseris, etc.

I drilled holes in a few pieces of live rock that will fit a plug, then glue them in there. But are these rocks big enough?

How do YOU mount your frags?

 

[StartingATank]

I really just look for suitable flow and lighting, and put them there. For some reason, Zoas don't grow quickly in my tank, so I don't really have to worry about that too badly

 

[Fish Fan]

The R2R #reefsquad I'm sure can help with this

 

[tbrown]

The rock that you use just has to be big enough for stability of the coral as it grows to keep it from flipping over.

 

[KrisReef]

Corals that encrust tend to cover whatever you glue them too. Branching corals, go two ways. Torches and other LPS grow up without usually growing down much so the base attachment point may never "grow over" Branching acro's may / usually will form a base, growing down and over the plug as well as upwards.