My sinularia broke

[Dargason]

I just got home from the store (LFS, where else?) and noticed that a piece had broken off of my sinularia. I strapped it to a small piece of live rock with a rubber band, and I'm hoping the frag will attach to it.

Is it normal for a piece to fall off? The mother looks like it's getting ready to split, so I'm surprised a piece fell off...

How long is it likely to take for the frag to attach to the rock?

 

[jdeets]

The sinularia should attach to the rock in a couple of weeks. When my sinularia gets too big, I cut off all the "branches" and attach them to rocks using the "toothpick" method. They usually grow onto the rock within 2-3 weeks.

My sinularia now is in its second generation--meaning I started with a small one, it got too big and I fragged it and sold about 5 frags, and kept one for myself. It's grown up now and is almost ready to be fragged again.

My sinularia will grow "babies" off of its "trunk." Basically little sprigs that will eventually fall off. I attach those to rocks as well and trade them in at the LFS. These are great corals to propagate--easy to work with and hard to kill!

 

[THillson]

You might want to remove the rubber band and try wedging or dropping it in a hole instead. Unless the band is so loose that it just holds the frag it will probably split the piece in two. Using two rocks held together with a rubber band and wedging the piece between them also works if you don't want to mess with toothpicks.

 

[Dargason]

Thanks guys!

I just went out and bought some toothpicks so I can do it right. Today the frag looks ok, but I do worry that the rubber band might be too tight.