Spurring new sps growth

bignose · #1 05-12-2011, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Myka

I would snip them off the plugs and re-glue them horizontally. I find frags grow much quicker when mounted on their sides, especially "spike" frags with no branching. Those spiky ones can be tough to get going when mounted vertically.

I do this with most of my frags and it works.

chris121277 · #2 05-12-2011, 02:00 PM

Great topic guys.....I'm just tagin along here

lastlight · #3 06-14-2011, 05:49 PM

All 4 corals I snipped have new growth at those tips. I went ahead and went postal on 6 more corals today.

H22_TURBO · #4 06-14-2011, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

All 4 corals I snipped have new growth at those tips. I went ahead and went postal on 6 more corals today.

take some pics!, when you snip and then 2-3weeks later

nlreefguy · #5 06-14-2011, 07:17 PM

This really works. I had a green acro that was dormant for the last year. It would encrust and sprout new branches from the base but not the original branches. I tried just snipping the ends off all the old branches and now I have rapid growth at the orginal tips, even more so than the encrusting part.