fraggin bubble coral!

[marcus_the_clownfish]

i have a bubble coral that is doing great. i want to frag it and put some in my other tank or even possibly give some away. has anyone tried to frag a bubble coral, or do you have any information on how to do it?

[cpreefguy]

This is what Ive heard:
Take a rubberband and wrap it around the coral Tightly, dividing it in half. The coral will eventually die only right where the rubberband is. Take the rubberband off and use a tile saw/dremmel to cut the bubble coral in half.

Again, this is what Ive heard, Ive never tried it, but it makes sense to me...

Good Luck!

[MissT]

check this out:
http://www.netpets.org/fish/reference/reefref/bubcoral.html

[Bill S]

Fragging of bubble corals is a VERY risky proposition. Just think of it this way: If it works 50% of the time, you are going to lose your coral half of the time.

BTW, mine is insane. Sometimes the size of a bowling ball!

I'd seen the article Misti noted, and thought it was waaaay too risky.

[Fish4life]

I've fragged bubble coral b4 but as mentioned above risky, be prepared to loose some. I quatered mine with a wet tile saw. all peices were doing fine until crabs/fish started to turn them upside down on the sand bed. Might want to try the rubber band method, sounds interesting.

cheers,

kurt

[marcus_the_clownfish]

thanks for the responses i will try it