So I pull my favorite acro out of the tank, pop it on the table and begin fragging. I take the branches, put a drop of Super Glue on the base, and glue it to a frag plug. I let it sit on the table, and when it is set, I pop it back into the tank. Why? Because that is the way everyone does it. It is the way we teach reefers to do it here on the BAR website, and every acro frag that I have seen is mounted like a "little tree".
Well did you know that if you were to lay that frag on it's side and mount it laying down, it would encrust the frag plug 3-5 times faster? and it would produce nearly twice as many branches after a year?
Then we get to the taking it out of the water part. Everyone says it is fine to have them out of water, and we all know that sometimes a frag just doesn't make it and dies. Well if you frag and mount underwater, never exposing the coral to air, your sucess rate will be close to 100%.
Cheers! Mark
Well did you know that if you were to lay that frag on it's side and mount it laying down, it would encrust the frag plug 3-5 times faster? and it would produce nearly twice as many branches after a year?
Then we get to the taking it out of the water part. Everyone says it is fine to have them out of water, and we all know that sometimes a frag just doesn't make it and dies. Well if you frag and mount underwater, never exposing the coral to air, your sucess rate will be close to 100%.
Cheers! Mark