I am in a quandary - Page 2

Bob I · #11 10-22-2002, 09:04 PM

Ah, you probably won't pay the price anyway. $100.00 for the Colt, and $50.00 for the GSP rock. However, I am waiting until the next meeting of the "fishboys". At which time I will ask our fragging expert (I did say fraggin'

) as to the feasibility of fragging the big Colt. I am currently getting frags from the GSP, and might get some bigger ones soon. Then when the frags are all settled in I will probably sell the parent colonies.
:shock:

Bob

eposer · #12 10-22-2002, 11:59 PM

Fragging colt coral is very easy.
I just made a couple nice 2-3" ones two weeks ago.
Take a nice clean razor blade and cut off a "branch" just below where it forks. This will give you a nice V, to elastic it to some LR so it won’t come off. Don't bother trying to glue the colt to the LR. It won't hold for more than a day or two. Believe me I have tried. Where you have taken the cutting from the parent colony you will see many small exposed circular filaments. These will form the pharynx for new polyps, which will become visible within a week or less and full-grown in two. It's quite amazing how quickly they recover. Your frags will take a couple weeks to attach themselves as well.

Good luck

Evan.

Canadian Man · #13 10-23-2002, 01:07 AM

Good info Evan.
You are absolutley correct about everything ya said.
So get to it Bob

Bob I · #14 10-23-2002, 01:44 AM

Nah, I am chicken. I am waiting for you to show us how at our next meeting. How about it Evan, are you coming. I am sure we would like to meet our newest member, so we can find out a bit about you, ie. everything about your reef(s), yourself etc. :?: :?:

eposer · #15 10-23-2002, 11:19 PM

Is that an official invite? I'm in if it is.

BTW: I have two 75 gallon tanks running through a single 33 gallon sump. One is a reef tank with ~20 types of coral(mostly softies) some clams(two 4" derasas and a 4" maxima), ~ 120 pounds live rock and a skif of coarse sand, brittle stars, ~40 snails/hermits/limpets, two ocellaris clowns which now live in my green hairy mushrooms... The other tank has a 5" DSB of sugar sized argonite mixed with crushed coral, 30 pounds LR, 2 engineer gobies, a porcupine fish, a 6 yo blue damsel, a sand star, a bunch of feather dusters and some hermits and crabs... I also have an 11 gallon nano(just posted a pic in the nano-tank section) and a 150 gallon sitting empty with all the equipment in my basement.

Evan.

Canadian Man · #16 10-24-2002, 01:03 AM

Cool, What's the hold up on getting that 150 going.
If you need to set it up you could give it to me and I can set it up at my house 8)

Sounds like an intresting set up. Hope I can check it out some time.

AJ_77 · #17 10-24-2002, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eposer

Is that an official invite? I'm in if it is.
Evan.

Looking forward to meeting you, Evan. Should be a good meeting.

Alan

eposer · #18 10-24-2002, 01:26 AM

Cool. Thanks. When and where are you meeting, Is it in the "Reef Club meeting?" post. Haven't really bothered to look yet but I will.

As for the 150, I simply don't have enough time or $ right now. But I'll get around to it some time. maybe.

eposer · #19 10-25-2002, 05:18 PM

Here's a not so great pic of the colt regrowing. The left cutting was taken a week prior to this pic and you can see the new polyps, the other two were cut one day prior and had not started to regrow yet.