fraging

[Ronny#66]

How long can the coral be out of salt water ?

Ronny

[46FiatYamaha]

when I fragged a few of my soft corals I had them out of them water maybe five minutes, and no harm whatsoever

[MotherFish]

http://www.agoodhost.com/reefcentral/reeflowtide.jpg

In nature they can bake in the sun completely out of water every day at low tide for an hour or more.

I wouldn't advise doing the same with your own corals, but they are a lot hardier than most aquarists think.
When out of water, corals will secrete a mucus-like film to protect themselves from drying out too rapidly.

I have kept some corals out of water for a halfhour during fragging demos with no problems.

[Ronny#66]

Thanks

Ronny