Propagating button polyps

[alvintheclownfish]

i just recently bought purple/pink button polyps attached to a piece of live rock, i would like to help them start to spred , considering button and mushroom corals are the only ones my lighting will allow. so is there a way to propogate or just nudge them along, there are about 35-40 on a smalll piece of live rock and othere live rock is right next to them, thankss

 

[Anonymous]

:welcome:

Do you know exactly what variety they are? - Or, more simply, do you know if they are active feeders or not?

If they are active feeders... - Well... Feed 'em!

If not..... - Well.. - The best thing to feed them is probably light, so in that case, you might be waiting a while to see any sort of decent growth from them if your light is ... well.. - "sub-par"..

As for seperating them out after they've grown out.. - Just rip 'em away. - For the most part, the majority of polyps can be superglued where you want them to stay after that.

 

[Anonymous]

You could always have one or more polyps (if possible) leaning on the extra piece of live rock you have and eventually they will attach to the other rock.