Propagation of Sarcophyton Elegans ?

[The Irish Reefer]

Hi All

As per title, is anyone actively propagating. S.Elegans.

I did so a couple of months ago, not through choice, but rather necessity, when my relatively new S.El. developed a central black necrotic area.

I read they are susceptible to this , especially when just purchased, due to sensitivity arising from shipping.

Mine did so , I beleive due to a lack of flow around the central area of the convoluted crown.


Anyway, I fragged it and one of three frags survived and is growing rapidly.

Just wanted to know if anyone is doing so regularily and there success rates as I would like to do same.


Before.

and after, a frag of the above. ( Pic not the greatest )

Cheers


Bri.

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[Mac1]

I used to have a couple of kinds of leathers, and fragged them pretty regularly. I found that if you didn't give them enough time to heal in between cuttings, that the parent colony would sometimes suffer from it. I lost one coral due to aggressive fragging.. Finally have enough, turned to slime, and bought the farm. The Frags I had just taken however, did fine and I regrew it from one of the cuttings. If you notice excessive slime when cutting, or an extra long recovery time after your last cut... I'd give it a break for a while and let the coral grow out some.

- Mac

 

[MDb]

I have had success propagating both a sarcophyton and a S. elegans. The elegans was simply cut with a sharp scissor and tied to a small piece of live rock with fishing line. In about 10 days it attached to the rock and now I have two mushroom sized S.elegans on the piece of rock. The parent piece is about the size of a baseball now. All three are always fully expanded.