Frustrating Coral Experience

I was at the LFS today, and they had a large gorgeous orange digitata for $40. I bought it and brought it home, but as I tried to place it in my tank, it broke into 6 pieces.I lost 2 of in the rock structure, but now instead of a large colony, I have 4 frags strewn around the SPS section of my tank. Hopefully they'll grow though and I'll have a few nice colonies down the road...

I blame my clownfish, because I have to wear aqua gloves when I put my hand in the tank because the ocellaris bite me when I don't, and the rubber fingers are not very nimble. They'll even jump out of the water to bite my hand if it's by the surface.

 

Thats a blessing in disguise. Now when they grow a little, you can sell the other 3 and make some $$$.



luna

 

True. Hopefully they'll all take off.

 

They should they are very hardy

 

All four pieces already have great polyp extension. I'm hoping they grow quickly. I know that I had a montipora plate that fell into the rocks, leaving only 2 tiny pieces on the rocks, and that has grown into a magnificent montipora colony.

 

You should see the same from these frags.

 

hope all works out well for you

 

Thanks for the support. Still, it was just frustrating to see the big colony snap into a bunch of little ones. Reef keeping is, however, all about patience.

 

I had this MASSIVE monti colony. about 18" across and 10" tall with countless folds and leafs. I sold it for $200 and the guy who bought it broke it in half when he put it in his tank.


also had a Frogspawn with about 50 heads. it somehow got dislodged and fell against the glass. I ended up with a good dozen frags of 2-5 heads each. sold them for $10 a head and still had plenty leftover. sold it for about $150 when I broke my tank down.