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We have found that the Sarcophyton is safe to cut inside the tank but if
you can remove it to the outside of your tank it will be better for the
fish and corals. I always dip my fresh cut corals in a bowl of salt
water before placing them back in the tank. To begin your propagation of the Sarcophyton you need a sharp scissors,
glue and a rock to attach the new baby to. We perform this procedure two
different ways. I tend to cut the head right off of the stock and then
cut the head into as many pieces as I desire. The stock which is now
your mother colony will grow a new head. LeRoy likes to use a rubber band to hold the healed cutting to a Reef PlugTM so the rubber band slowly cuts the coral in half. He is able to get two cuttings from one so that each Reef PlugTM has two corals. You will see the beginning formation of polyps on the stock in a two week period. In less than a one month period you will hardly be able to tell that you cut this animal. The babies generated from the mother colony can be glued directly to the rock and will grow its own stock in a very short period of time. A head like you see in the above picture can easily be made into twenty babies. LeRoy likes to cut the head into many pieces and let them fall to the sand bed of the cutting tank. He then waits for the cuts to heal. The waiting period is about two weeks then he glues them directly to a plug. Once glued these animals are ready to ship in about one month. |
It is hard to believe that this is the same coral as the the last picture! Sarcophytons open and close. Often they will stay closed for several days, and when they open they seem to shed the old "skin" so they look better than ever. IF YOU HAVE SOME EXTRA CUTTINGS OF YOUR LEATHER CORALS YOU CAN HELP OUR RESEARCH BY TRADING THEM FOR SOME NEW TYPES YOU DO NOT HAVE. |
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