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dse18612
02/04/2010, 07:58 PM
When it first started it looked like it was melting then it broke off. I didnt get pictures of the first one but it is alive and well. This is the second time and I got pics

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh63/dse18612/cc3-1.jpg http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh63/dse18612/cc1-1.jpg http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh63/dse18612/cc2-1.jpg

kimber45
02/04/2010, 10:16 PM
wow, cool.

mine have never done that. they just seem to split.

Texxxx
02/04/2010, 11:32 PM
This is a way they can divide. Eric Borneman was doing some research on it. Not sure if he still is or not. I think I would put it on a rock so it will attach to it.

trashman
02/04/2010, 11:35 PM
that is awesome i hope mine does that

lordofthereef
02/05/2010, 05:25 AM
Gotta be honest here, I have never seen them split like that. I am not even for sure how it is able to do that. It seems it had to snap its coral skeleton.

dse18612
02/05/2010, 07:44 AM
I glued the first one on a piece of rubble and it is doing very well getting alot bigger try to get a pic later.

stubby 58
02/05/2010, 10:18 AM
Mine only split I think that would freak me out . Got one 2 mo ago with 11 heads now has 16 all have split .

stubby

cloak
02/05/2010, 11:54 AM
I've had mine do that before. There should be a small amont of hard skeleton within the tissue to get it started once it falls. Favia corals will do the same thing.

dse18612
02/05/2010, 09:22 PM
Heres the first one looks pretty good its been about two weeks.
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh63/dse18612/IMG_1324-1.jpg

fasteddie99
02/05/2010, 09:43 PM
Wow very cool. I have a 2 headed frag thats been in my system for about 4 months now and it hasnt shown any signs of splitting yet. Good luck:fun2:

tran901
02/05/2010, 11:19 PM
never seen that before...mine just usually split

ludnix
02/06/2010, 12:15 AM
I had the same thing happen in my tank. The piece dangled for about 3 months before disappearing while I was on vacation. I had suspected it might be polyp extrusion like Eric Borneman's book, but because of the skeletal pieces attached to it, it seemed more likely that it was a break in the skeleton and the was just hanging by some flesh.

I don't know if it's a purposeful method of division or just that it can survive being damaged like this.

jcolletteiii
02/06/2010, 12:23 AM
Wow, that is neat! I had a Favites do teh same thing. It was sort of on teh edge of an overhanging piece of liverock, and drip... there it went.

NirvanaFan
02/06/2010, 07:31 AM
I had a platygyra do the same thing as well.