Trim or wild grow

MexiReefer · Jan 30, 2023

So? what are your preferences? trim your corals to control the growth or just let them go wild? I have a monti that grew cup-like at the top of the rock work, so the actual look ik live viewing the bottom of it. One solution would be too trim half the cup to improve the aesthetics of the rock. On the other hand, I have put a lot of effort in making stuff grow that it makes me feel terrible to cut even the smallest piece of a coral.

Whta is your take on this? I try to talk to myself if this like a garden. I have no problem in pruning trees, but in the case of the reef I ma dying inside.

Any thoughts? does anyone else has this struggle?

KrisReef · Jan 30, 2023

I’ve realized that I have to keep the garden pruned to protect the slow growing coral, to prevent stinging deaths and to keep order where competitors are trying to kill their neighbors. The joy of spreading frags to friends or the lfs (if they want them) is a nice reward and when some frags go into the waste bin I remember that one day I’m going to end up there myself. It’s the way of the world and I can’t change it, but I can try and share my extra frags.

mermaid_life · Jan 30, 2023

I agree. I have to trim to protect. I literally had to throw away coral because I can't give them away fast enough..... Very sad.

If anyone is in San Diego and wants trimmings let me know.

vetteguy53081 · Jan 30, 2023

Trim for regrowth and control

HudsonReefer2.0 · Jan 30, 2023

Depends if u like the 70s or 2020s. Just sayin.

ZoaAddiction81 · Jan 30, 2023

I have blue sympodium taking over my whole bottom of my tank. Heading towards the rock work and now growing to the front bottom of my glass. I wanna cut it but I can’t haha

KrisReef · Jan 30, 2023

My tank was run over by organ pipe coral. I knocked it down to almost zero. You need to evict that sympodium before it ruins everything!
I’m in Oceanside but I’m not interested in frags from a tank with sympodium growing in it. There is a chemical way to evict it but I can’t remember what the treatment is.
GL!

Miami Reef · Jan 30, 2023

HudsonReefer2.0 said:
Depends if u like the 70s or 2020s. Just sayin.

Are you referring to…hair?

ZoaAddiction81 · Jan 30, 2023

KrisReef said:
My tank was run over by organ pipe coral. I knocked it down to almost zero. You need to evict that sympodium before it ruins everything!
I’m in Oceanside but I’m not interested in frags from a tank with sympodium growing in it. There is a chemical way to evict it but I can’t remember what the treatment is.
GL!

Thanks I’m not sure if I can just cut the stalks with a razor. And leave a little area of it

ZoaAddiction81 · Jan 30, 2023

ZoaAddiction81 said:
Thanks I’m not sure if I can just cut the stalks with a razor. And leave a little area of it

MexiReefer · Jan 31, 2023

KrisReef said:
I’ve realized that I have to keep the garden pruned to protect the slow growing coral, to prevent stinging deaths and to keep order where competitors are trying to kill their neighbors. The joy of spreading frags to friends or the lfs (if they want them) is a nice reward and when some frags go into the waste bin I remember that one day I’m going to end up there myself. It’s the way of the world and I can’t change it, but I can try and share my extra frags.

ja! this is deep- thanks for sharing