What do you guys do to retire coral?

[RustyRocket]

Hey guys, 

 

I've been thinking over the last few months of changing things up. Been running a leather dominant tank for the past 5 years with highs and lows. Now I am thinking of going in a different direction with colorful LPS or SPS. What do everyone do in this situation?

 

I've thought about taking a small frag from each colony so I have a specimen and selling off or trading in the mother colonies so I can afford frags. Seems the most logical...any suggestions?

What about fish livestock?

[slowngreen]

Yeah sell or trade it locally. Always someone who would like some softies for a good deal.

 

Why do you want to get rid of the fish?

[Sunstar]

trade. I had a rather large, ableit lovely hand leather but it was too big for my tank. I got it as a tiny frag in a rescue situation, and traded it. I kept three frags off it, in time I will trade those in.

 

I want to trade my trumpet, but my clown fish are hosting it - I really could use that real estate for something else not so enormous.

[RustyRocket]

24 minutes ago, slowngreen said:

Yeah sell or trade it locally. Always someone who would like some softies for a good deal.

 

Why do you want to get rid of the fish?

I heard dwarf angels that would pick on fat fleshy LPS...

 

19 minutes ago, Sunstar said:

trade. I had a rather large, ableit lovely hand leather but it was too big for my tank. I got it as a tiny frag in a rescue situation, and traded it. I kept three frags off it, in time I will trade those in.

 

I want to trade my trumpet, but my clown fish are hosting it - I really could use that real estate for something else not so enormous.

Where do you keep your banked corals? Separate system or just on a frag rack in the main tank?

[Clown79]

I've traded in for credit, traded with other hobbyists, or sold them.