Bigger is better

[Dasani]

http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/content/sc...y-smarter-frags

[Squared]

sorry, but you're a little late on that one buddy:

 

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...=279923&hl=

[aaron1987]

Interesting read, it makes intuitive sense as well. This leapt out at me, though:

 

In the first experiment, 15 fragments measuring 1 inch (2.5 cm) and 1.75 inches (4.5 cm) in length were obtained from donor corals and glued to substrate rocks out of the water. After 20 days only 13 percent of the smaller fragments were still alive, while the figure was 87 percent for the larger specimens.

 

Only 13%?! I rarely frag substantially larger than 1" pieces, and I do my gluing out of the water and my mortality rate is waaaay lower than 87%.

[ry05coupe]

Interesting read, it makes intuitive sense as well. This leapt out at me, though:

 

In the first experiment, 15 fragments measuring 1 inch (2.5 cm) and 1.75 inches (4.5 cm) in length were obtained from donor corals and glued to substrate rocks out of the water. After 20 days only 13 percent of the smaller fragments were still alive, while the figure was 87 percent for the larger specimens.

 

Only 13%?! I rarely frag substantially larger than 1" pieces, and I do my gluing out of the water and my mortality rate is waaaay lower than 87%.

 

 

+1 lol. I recently dropped a new mini colony of Acropora and glued a tip (1/4") that broke off to a piece of rock. Same thing happened to an even smaller piece of Tortusa that I just got. Both are alive and well.

[aaron1987]

+1 lol. I recently dropped a new mini colony of Acropora and glued a tip (1/4") that broke off to a piece of rock. Same thing happened to an even smaller piece of Tortusa that I just got. Both are alive and well.

 

 

Hell, I've forgotten acro frags on countertops for 45 min and they survived! SPS is way hardier than people give it credit for at times.

[BLoCkCliMbeR]

 

what are the test tank's parameters?

 

how is it lit?