I was chatting with a friend yesterday he asked about one of my corals that hasn't been available for a long time. I explained that I've been looking at a literal dormant blob for almost two years of said piece, and this got me thinking.
Regarding the title title of this thread, I think if I tried to do this, my aqua-cultured collection would probably be obliterated by the fourth or fifth cycle and shut down on me, or worse. Captive coral just does not grow or recover that fast period.
In my experience, the more you frag sps colonies the more they hate you. lol. This is probably why I generally don't show off my stock much. The constant abuse doesn't really leave much to be impressed by, but this is the brutal reality of aquaculture.
The solution of course is simply to buy wild colonies and frag them up, as I'm sure many vendors big and small do. For live sales that is.
any thoughts on this?
Regarding the title title of this thread, I think if I tried to do this, my aqua-cultured collection would probably be obliterated by the fourth or fifth cycle and shut down on me, or worse. Captive coral just does not grow or recover that fast period.
In my experience, the more you frag sps colonies the more they hate you. lol. This is probably why I generally don't show off my stock much. The constant abuse doesn't really leave much to be impressed by, but this is the brutal reality of aquaculture.
The solution of course is simply to buy wild colonies and frag them up, as I'm sure many vendors big and small do. For live sales that is.
any thoughts on this?