When fragging branching Duncan coral never ever.....

[spike]

throw away anything including the branch. I will buy a large colony then cut off a branch then cut the branch down even further to were there are only a few heads left on each frag. Sometimes I will have a short piece of branch left over. Say 1/2" to 3/4", no heads, no attachment to the mother colony at all. I will place on egg crate and wait 2-3 weeks. The branch will grow heads back. I cannot believe I use to pitch the small pieces of branch. Truly amazing how coral can reproduce.

This picture is of a head coming back from a branch that is still attached to the Mother colony

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This is of a piece about 1/2" in length, you can see the tiny mouth forming on the end of the branch

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Another small piece of branch, looks like 3 heads forming from just on branch tip. One that is defined and the others small but forming.

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[jdavid]

That's pretty cool! This will be useful info if my Duncan coral ever grows a branch!!! I'm up to 9 heads now (including babies) and it is just starting to show signs of a branch growing.

 

[nickh06]

Wow! Awesome and good to know. I wonder how many people and lfs are throwing away good potential corals lol

 

[cshack5405]

That is really cool I wonder if the same would happen with a frogspawn or hammer?

 

[spike]

Just a little followup

After cutting the head off of this branch I cut the branch down the middle. Three heads now forming from the cut area.

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[raz0945]

Nature is amazing! Thanks for the info. Holley