Question About Fragging Chalice?

fiction · May 25, 2010

I'm buying a frag of the OME with just tissue and no actual eyes on it. I was wondering if eyes usually take longer to form when there is just tissue or if eyes pop up faster since I assume it wont be able catch food and survive without them? Also, Is it common to buy chalice frags with zero eyes?

boehm742 · May 25, 2010

From my experience it takes longer to develop additional eyes without one already present.

TopNotchCorals · May 25, 2010

boehm742 said:
From my experience it takes longer to develop additional eyes without one already present.

I beleive this is true and why would you buy a piece that is typically sold by the eye without an eye???I dont think the person selling it to you should be selling it to you that way.How much are you being charged?

inactive · May 25, 2010

In my experiences I find that a larger eyeless chunk of chalice will take longer to form eyes... however, I believe that since the propagated coral has no eyes/mouth to accept food, it will attempt to grow them. Without a brain the chalice does not know how to focus the breaking of the new eyes/mouth through the eyeless skin of the coral... so many eyes will begin to form in all shapes and sizes though out a good portion of the chalice... just like random fungia/cyclo frags that have mouths growing out of the side and what not..... All corals have a "taking off" point, so if you have a large chalice that has a little amount of eyes, one night you may wake up to 35 new eyes.... kinda like the eyeless chalice frags that blow up with eyes. I base this information on absolutely nothing, because it is just my opinion. :)