Next meeting??

[Tim Marvin]

What all are we going to propagate? I'd be interested in seeing all your techniques Vinh. The ones Joshua is talking about.

[TexasState]

I let Misty borrow the Anthony Calfo book to bring to the meeting. I heard from coral farmers that it's a Bible book on propagation. If you want to learn different Propagtion technique, you should check it out. I've only read two or three pages of it, but it have many interesting picture illustrations (hanging frag down from a rod, using milk jug to make stable Live Rocks arches, how to dump Kalkwasser, making water raceway/Maze for growing corals, (when you mount a fresh cut SPS frag, mount it upside down, etc.) Some of the stuff illustrated in that book, I would've never even though about doing it that way.

[Tim Marvin]

I have found that mounting them right side up works just as well for me. They say you sould mount them upside down at a 45 degree angle, but I have found the mortality rate to be the same no matter which way I mount them. I lose a couple out of a hundred frags, probably due to trauma from the mounting process, or the cutting. I just did about 10 frags off of a dark purple Acropora tenuis that I have, and 5 frags off of one of those orange ricordia mushrooms. I'll probably frag up some of the purple and blue bullseye mushrooms over the weekend. I need to make about 60 more of the little critters.

[Tim Marvin]

I need to frag some off of that blueish green finger leather and probably the long polyp leather also. I think 16inches across is getting a little big. I will probably just trim around the outer edge on that though.

[Chris]

Tim any chance you can take some time off and head down here for the meeting? You've got a much larger coral selection and it would make things a bit more interesting as well.

:grin:

[Tim Marvin]

How many people are we going to have for a turn out? I can order some corals just for us to frag. If everyone want to pitch in some money they can take home the creations. Better yet Joshua or one of the guys down there can order them and keep them in the tank until we are ready for the meeting.