Torch coral reproduction?

Thanks for the input. I removed the loose piece, but left the rest of the
damaged head. I'll watch it closely.

I considered fragging the whole head off while I had it out of the tank,
but how on earth is that accomplished? There's 5 other heads I dont want
to harm, the whole thing feels like delicate fine china.

So you break off just the calcium skeleton? Or the branch of rock its
attached to? What kinda tools for that? I cant imagine such an operation
without breaking everything.

Plus, I would feel horrible about amputating and discarding living coral.
I felt bad enough discarding the small broken piece when there was still
life on it.

-Regards

"Dragon Slayer" wrote in
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only problem i can see Phil is the broke head can form what is called
(from memory here) "brown jelly" which will kill the entire head and
then adjacent heads as well. best fix it to frag off the broken head
or keep it in a spot of good circulation to help it heal.

might even do a search over on RC about the brown jelly for more info
on it.

kc

"Phil" wrote in message
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Based on what? I'm thinking the worst case scenario is I lose the
affected
branch, but the other branches should be unharmed, no? Also, I've
been doing some reading on torch reproduction, and what limited
resources I've found, the description suggests this is whats
happening (the skeleton divides).

I'm still pretty much in the dark, but if you have reason to believe
he's history, I'd appreciate some rationale behind it.


"Bob Roxbury" wrote in
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Sorry to say, but your torch is probably toast.

Good luck