Three coral (newbie) questions...

[SiliconGuy]

I tried to read as much as I could in various forums but have failed to find
exactly what I'm looking for. I would appreciate help with the following:

My branching hammer coral has grown a second branch (see picture).
It is mounted on a rock stub (see orange lines). I would like to split
that branch. I've read about cutting through the tissue, far from the
head but was wondering if there isn't a way to pry it off the rock?
As you can see in the picture, there is a natural separation that appears
to run all the way to the rock.

Also, does a coral branch compete for territory with a sibling? In other
words, do I need to place the newly separated branch far to avoid a feud?

I assume that the way to mount the new branch is with coral superglue?

Thanks for the wisdom

[Coral Hoarder]

No you can just let them grow into a colony they figure out space issues on there own

[Animal-Chin]

based on the picture I'm going to advise you to wait. It looks like one branch with 2 heads? Those heads will start growing a hard skeleton at their base and thats where you'll want to cut. If you try to take one of those heads off it will likely crush the new skeletal grown at the base of the head. I'd wait until you had 2 branches a couple of inches long before trying to frag it.

[Dearth]

Originally Posted by Animal-Chin

based on the picture I'm going to advise you to wait. It looks like one branch with 2 heads? Those heads will start growing a hard skeleton at their base and thats where you'll want to cut. If you try to take one of those heads off it will likely crush the new skeletal grown at the base of the head. I'd wait until you had 2 branches a couple of inches long before trying to frag it.

+1

[SiliconGuy]

Hey Thanks for all the replies! This is makes total sense.
I'll sit on my two hands for now and give it more time...