coral propagation

How to Frag Corals and Build a Frag Tank Collecting and trading coral frags is one of the most fun aspects of the reef aquarium hobby. Today we'll share some coral fragging tips and highlight some of the equipment you can use to build your first frag tank!

In this thread I hope to get sum feedback on different techniques on the process of fragging. SPS seems pretty simple... Or isn't it? Certain LPS specimens? Guess you pretty much gotta wait on polyps? What about small mushrooms? I've heard of people slicing them at their base n attaching...

In this thread I hope to get sum feedback on different techniques on the process of fragging. SPS seems pretty simple... Or isn't it? Certain LPS specimens? Guess you pretty much gotta wait on polyps? What about small mushrooms? I've heard of people slicing them at their base n attaching...

Hey everybody. I currently have a 29g biocube hqi, and am wanting a place to place my frags (mainly gsp, zoas, ricordea, some frogspawn and various lps on occasion). The plan is to pick up a 15 gallon tank and light it with an old t5 ho fixture that i have laying around. The fixture has 1...

I bought a candy cane frag about 5 or 6 months ago with 3 heads for $5 and its now got about 9 or 10 heads. Still on the same branch of dead coral as the original frag. I would really like to propigate/frag these guys. Only tried it with mushrooms and xenia which just about anyone with a razor...

My xenia have been growing like weeds, just about overtaking the tank, but now they're under control... In the last 6 months I've traded in Xenia to LFS' for purple montipora (growing nicely will be able to sell this too eventually) blue tipped acro, Maxima clam, rose colored goniopora and an...

I have a Duncan with ~20 polyps. On the back side of the group, it appears new polyps are growing out of the stalks of the adult ones. How does this coral spread, and does it ever attach to a touching rock? TIA

I'm starting a coral farm with a 135g, 65g, 55g, a 40g long, two 40gs, and a bunch of 20gs and smaller. I'm thinking of doing a couple of tanks together with sumps and remote deep sand beds, but i dont know what to do with the 135g. Should i do a sump and remote sand bed or just put a sand bed...

So I have a long time customer relationship with Chris Brightwell and last time we talk I asked about his vitamin C for food. After we talked about that he told me, which it states this on the bottle aswell, that dosing the entire tank once a week with vitamin C has a huge impact. For those of...

its taking over my tank and i really need to thin it out. i would love to trade for a frag. but if you dont have anyhting to trade thats fine too. ;)

Hey guys, Anthony Calfo is visiting the store April 13th at 3pm. He will be signing his new book, anserwing Q & A and such. We will also be supplying food and beverages. It would be a great time for you to get some face time with him if you have never before. After the...

I heard of putting Vitamin C in the sump and it would help with color and fight off disiese. is this just urban myth?

Going to Maine on Sunday to do some snowmobiling . From Long Island it's about an 8 hour ride and i won't be driving so it will give me alot of time to read or sleep . Does anyone know of any good books i might be able to find at the LFS or maybe Borders books thanks :thumbup:

Coffee's going, and I'm running late. Lots of love to all of you!

After almost 2 exiting years it is time for an upgrade. My 90 Gallon Formosa-Forest is becoming too small, and my propagation tank is packed with Acropora colonies instead of frags. Plan: Tank: Rimless 63" x 40" x 24" (250 Gallon + 90 Gallon Sump) Skimmer: SURPRISE :D Flow: 2 Tunze nano...

It's been really hard to find a copy of this book. Now I know why . Recently released is the second edition of Anthony Calfo's Book of Coral Propagation. http://www.readingtrees.com/sales_bocp.html I think the wife is getting me a copy for Christmas to go with the Tek fixture. :) Hope...

MACNA XX September 5-7, 2008 in Atlanta -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are excited about this year's MACNA conference. We already have Pre-registered and paid as many as most of the total attendance of the first 15 or so MACNAs, so it...

Anybody know the hours for midwest corals? How is their fish stock and what are their prices like?

I'm planning to build a prop tank for SPS frags. Do you have any suggestion / recommendations on the tank design? This will be connected to my main system. 48" long x 20" depth x 12" high. Is 12" tall sufficient? Frags will be mounted to plugs and supported on eggcrate. The eggcrate layout...

Just copy and paste the questions to your reply, and add your answers! 1. What is your first name? 2. Where do you live? 3. How long have you been reef keeping? 4. How much would you guess you've spent on reefkeeping since you began? 5. What was the size of your first tank? 6. What is the...