Giant bubble coral

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  1. starfish2217

    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

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    My bubble coral is getting huge it keeps growing and growing and developing new polyps, one head even floated off of it because it didn't have any room. So I was wondering if I could frag it? looks difficult. I've been told its difficult .... any one have any experience?
     
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  3. antdizzle

    antdizzle Peppermint Shrimp

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    i believe i have seen them fragged, just dnt ask me how.
     
  4. starfish2217

    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

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    haha exactly :p I have no idea how to even go about it.
     
  5. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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  6. gazog

    gazog Kole Tang

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    I have never fragged one or even had one but I know its a really long Drawn out process, it takes several weeks. Here is a web Site with a pretty good description of how to do it.

    Propagating Bubble Coral
     
  7. starfish2217

    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

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    goodness screw that....
     
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  9. Midwayman1968

    Midwayman1968 Spaghetti Worm

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    I would totally agree,
    Not fun at all by the sound of that link.
     
  10. phoenixhieghts

    phoenixhieghts Panda Puffer

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    id like to see a pick of this huge bubble coral.
     
  11. ccscscpc

    ccscscpc Millepora

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    me too.....where's the picture of it.....you cant post like that with no pic!!!
     
  12. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    If you have a wet band saw, or know anybody with one, you can use that pretty easily. The water prevents the cells alone the cut from dying as much due to heat. This method allows you to easily frag bubbles, scolys, plate corals etc. with a very high survival rate.