Palting
03/12/2013, 06:32 PM
I had a $250 gift certificate for Liveaquaria, and it was expiring. Although I knew next to nothing about coral, I used it for what is still to date my most expensive coral purchase, a Blastomussa wellsi. This is what it looked like, healthy as can be, when it first arrived:
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/Kalawing/IMG_1412.jpg
That was 2 and 1/2 years ago. A true noob, I had no idea what I was doing. Through a series of errors, the blasto slowly started losing heads. As I gained more knowledge and expertise, I was able to slow down and eventually halt it's demise. It had gone down to about a third its original number of heads. The heads looked healthy and full. That was 2years ago. 2 years later, the heads still look and healthy and full. Problem is, it is still the same number of heads! What can I do to help propagate it? Should I frag the old skeleton off, or would that traumatize it? Here's what it looks like today:
Healthy heads (I think, anyway)
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/Kalawing/Snapbucket/ECF8D089_zps55caf37b.jpg
Full coral, with the bare skeleton:
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/Kalawing/Snapbucket/61D0FFAE_zpsbbfdb947.jpg
Thanks!!
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/Kalawing/IMG_1412.jpg
That was 2 and 1/2 years ago. A true noob, I had no idea what I was doing. Through a series of errors, the blasto slowly started losing heads. As I gained more knowledge and expertise, I was able to slow down and eventually halt it's demise. It had gone down to about a third its original number of heads. The heads looked healthy and full. That was 2years ago. 2 years later, the heads still look and healthy and full. Problem is, it is still the same number of heads! What can I do to help propagate it? Should I frag the old skeleton off, or would that traumatize it? Here's what it looks like today:
Healthy heads (I think, anyway)
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/Kalawing/Snapbucket/ECF8D089_zps55caf37b.jpg
Full coral, with the bare skeleton:
http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab71/Kalawing/Snapbucket/61D0FFAE_zpsbbfdb947.jpg
Thanks!!