Fragging a Fungia?

[Curator]

Can a fungia plate coral be fragged? If so, how does this get accomplished?

Thanks,

John

[Amici]

It can be but sometimes it just refuses to grow after, you have to frag it so part of the mouth is on each frag like a nem. Usually they will grow back around into a full plate but sometimes they dont. Its iffy usually IMO.

[kwl1763]

Most of the time they do fine.

Wet saw is the preferred method.

[Curator]

For anyone that has done this, do you suggest just cutting diametrically across the center, or would it be best to cut a triangular, pie-shaped piece - making sure to get a portion of the mouth?

[wayb]

If the plate still has a stump under it you can break the whole plate off the stump and the stump will grow a new plate. I found this out by mistake.