Do You Mostly Consider the “Fragability” of Coral Before Buying?

[Reefer Matt]

Just wondering what types of coral you mostly get for your tank? Do you buy only what pleases you? Or do you consider if you can successfully frag it first? Maybe both?

 

[VintageReefer]

I buy what I like and want

 

[crazyfishmom]

I’m a little bit like a dog that sees a squirrel. My brain goes “oooh pretty” and that’s how the decision making process goes. Sometimes it happens to be something that’s easy to frag and a lot of the time it happens to be something like a scoly that I would never try to propagate.

 

[Miami Reef]

I buy what I like and want

Same! Most of my prized corals cannot be fragged. They are one of a kind.

 

[Dragen Fiend]

Fragging is an after thought. Though I am now more inclined to do it lately. May start with mushrooms. I think prices are a bit absurd for how easy they are and many are very prolific.

1. Recuperate some costs.
2. Help lower prices for local reefers.

 

[edsbeaker]

I voted not interested in fragging. The only time I have sold a coral is when I’m tearing down I tank.
I am all about buying a coral for its aesthetic appeal and if my tank parameters are a good fit for its survivability.

 

[Reefer Matt]

I’m in the camp of both, but I’m a collector and not adding any coral to my display tank. I just want as many species as possible to learn from and aquaculture in my frag tanks, and I enjoy growing them all.

 

[fish farmer]

I think of the fraggable nature not in making sales, but if part of it dies, is there still enough valuable heads to continue on.

I've have several new hammers in my tank bail one head early on, but the second one is still going strong.

I do tend to buy things that are easy to grow/frag. I'm likely not buying a clam.

 

[VintageReefer]

Same! Most of my prized corals cannot be fragged. They are one of a kind.

Same!

 

[JayM]

I don't consider fragging at all when purchasing.

 

[JoJosReef]

Yes, more and more I'm thinking about "fraggability" as something I want to steer away from. I'd like to change my mixed reef to have more corals that don't get fragged and, thus, require less work for me. Stylophora, birdsnests, montis.. while I like them and their looks, they grow too fast and all over each other. I now want more plates, trachy/scoly/acantho/cynarina, elegance, pectinia... These are corals you can mostly place somewhere and let them grow. Blastos/acans where appropriate. And I'd like to move away from "easy SPS" and put in for some slow growers that are easy to frag and keep in line. Like my garf bonsai which is suffering under a canopy of montis, stylo and birdsnest.

 

[EliMelly]

I prioritize how much I like the coral, if I can frag it later down the line that’s great!