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brad
10/24/2012, 07:31 PM
The largest coral I have :sad2: had is a large photosynthetic gorgonian. As it was 2' tall and my tank is only 28", it was soon going to outgrow my tank. Today I was rearranging rockwork and it broke off at the base.

There is enough left at the base it will eventually regrow, and I've been putting off fragging it. I am tempted now just to leave it together and hope it reattaches. Or I can cut it into small pieces and glue each one individually onto a rock. Or I can cut it up and do a lot of different things with different pieces.

I have never had luck fragging gorgonians. Usually the top grows for a while while the base errodes upwards, eventually the coral dies.

Yedgy
10/24/2012, 08:55 PM
They can take a long time to attach. You'll likely need to gently rubberband it to piece of rock and let nature take its course. Good luck!