spreading coral

[juggernaut303]

Is it possible to spread coral without waiting for them to breed? I am just curiouse if so please comment i would like to try it. Thanks

 

[1979camaro]

This depends on what type of coral you are discussing.

 

[juggernaut303]

This depends on what type of coral you are discussing.

star polyps and today when i was feeding my fish i noticed that there r two polyps starting to grow i am so happy

 

[1979camaro]

Generally, once they are established they will spread pretty quickly on their own; you can peel back the mat, cut it, and tie/glue it down elsewhere and sort of get them spreading from more than one place.

 

[juggernaut303]

Bad news! Today after i got home from practice i noticed that my star polyps where missing!!! The on thing that could explain it is that something ate it or cut it off. Do you think it could have been my pistol shrimp? Also i have a big snail maybe he could have ate it?Also does coral regenerate if it was eaten or damaged the base is still there so i hope.

 

[Jackal650]

Ineresting. these corals do sometimes go in and out frequently sometimes, for example, i have a huge mat or green star polyps in my 125 reef and my hermit crab sometimes tramples them and they go in, if the base is still there, then chances are they will come out again or regenerate. it being run over by your snail is a very likely senario.

 

[Joe Fish]

I had my star polyps go into hiding for over a week before coming back out. Check for algae growing on it's base.

 

[Lorna]

hmmm is there any way to kill this stuff? seems to be indestructable in my tank....it is overrunning everything and is quite invasive.....

 

[juggernaut303]

I had my star polyps go into hiding for over a week before coming back out. Check for algae growing on it's base.

I do have lots of algea growth and i bought chemicals to assist clearing it up. Its called Algeafix and it says it not harmful to coral but i think that might have did it.

 

[Joe Fish]

I try to stay away from those chemicals. You're better off finding what's causing the algae growth and start from there. Star polyps tend to like strong water flow this will also keep algae from growing around it.