Frag to propagate?

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

Any damaged area (in SPS anyway) seem to grow quicker. I'll often shape a coral by nicking a branch with my cutters causing a new branch to sprout from the spot damaged.

I wonder if the growth factors that are triggered to repair the coral tissue cause a flush of growth that just ends up turning in to a new branch? Man the things I would study if I could get a PhD in whatever I thought was cool and not the things that I think would have some sort of market value...