BeltwayBandit November 23, 2005 Share November 23, 2005 First off, I have done this with montipora and it works very good, have not tried it with any Acro's. I am impatient, I want my frags to grow big and grow fast and have lots of gnarly shapes and branches. Here is a trick that I accidentally stumbled upon that seems to be working out great. I recently (4-5months ago) got a small single stalk frag of montipora. I mounted it in the typical fashion yada yada yada. Well in the course of moving things around I knocked it over on its side. I didn't notice right away and by the time I did notice I saw that it had several buds on the side facing the light where new branches were erupting. I left the frag as is and now my single stalk has about 8 branches growing up out of the original stalk. Has anyone else tried this? Do you know if it will work with other SPS besides the very hardy monti's? BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgets November 23, 2005 Share November 23, 2005 At MACNA the guys over at Frags.org told me that the best way to mount sps was on its side and not vertically. I guess that is why. Cool right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeltwayBandit November 23, 2005 Author Share November 23, 2005 At MACNA the guys over at Frags.org told me that the best way to mount sps was on its side and not vertically. I guess that is why. Cool right. 45570[/snapback] Works for me. I can vouch for it working well with my montipora. I actually just "knocked over" a couple more frags to try it out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocko918 November 23, 2005 Share November 23, 2005 yea, old news man, we learned that at MACNA!!! LOL just kidding, the only sps i have are mounted at an angle so i do get new growth going up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rioreef November 23, 2005 Share November 23, 2005 Earlier in the Summer I got a frag of Acro Yongei from CaribbeanJake. The one place I wanted it mounted had a slot in the rock, but to get it to stay (without help) it was placed on its side (the original is in the shape of a squashed Y). It is now doing exactly what I wanted and that is new stalks are growing upward, maybe about 6, but two are dominant. Two areas are also going down which I hope will attach to the rock to stablize as the piece gets bigger. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeltwayBandit November 23, 2005 Author Share November 23, 2005 yea, old news man, we learned that at MACNA!!! LOL just kidding, the only sps i have are mounted at an angle so i do get new growth going up. 45573[/snapback] Some of us spent all of our time at MACNA actually working.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturnmeyer November 23, 2005 Share November 23, 2005 So I guess I should lay my digi frag on it's side too then? :D What about a Bali Slimer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgets November 23, 2005 Share November 23, 2005 Some of us spent all of our time at MACNA actually working.... 45577[/snapback] Hey!!! I put in a lot of hours buddy. So there... get off my back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikS November 23, 2005 Share November 23, 2005 Read this thread..............then make up your mind. I like the thought of making more frags from a sinfle piece. It also depends on what you want the final shape to be. I recently mounted some 13 frags & depending on how I wanted the growth I mounted them "tree style" or horizontal. Those that I wanted to take up less room = tree style, those with more space = horizontal. Calfo's Frag Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturnmeyer November 23, 2005 Share November 23, 2005 Read this thread..............then make up your mind. I like the thought of making more frags from a sinfle piece. It also depends on what you want the final shape to be. I recently mounted some 13 frags & depending on how I wanted the growth I mounted them "tree style" or horizontal. Those that I wanted to take up less room = tree style, those with more space = horizontal. Calfo's Frag Thread 45583[/snapback] Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerseller November 23, 2005 Share November 23, 2005 BB that's the best way to mount most SPS. Almost all the frags I've sold for the last 8-10 years ave been colored -side mounted. I have also found that a slight nick or two (a V with snips) cut into the frag helps produce multi branch from the point of injury much faster. I also mount plating monti's as several small "chips" close together at different angles on the same rock to create a nesting like colony to encrust together and scroll faster. Keep a watchful eye on your ALK with new frags as they deplete it fast while encrusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F&Fmgr November 23, 2005 Share November 23, 2005 I have seen this with several sps too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now