Fragging lemnalia

[starfish]

I have a yellow-tipped lemnalia that is in danger of crowding out all available light from its perch at the top of my tank. It forms a mat to grow, so the branches never completely separate as it spreads across the rock. What is the best way to frag this without stressing the mother colony too much?

[tendar]

Just start cutting off piece is usally the best with leathers of most all types. A new sharp razor blade is your best bet. NO mater how you do it it is going to stress the mother colony some so but should get over it in a day or 2 and start growing again.

[starfish]

Thanks... that's exactly what I did. The mother is looking good after 4 days and I hope to get 15 or 20 good frags out of this one!

[tendar]

Sounds like you will have some trade corals or sell some to your LFS.

[starfish]

I hope so... I been maintaining my reef addiction with xenia and star polyp frags. These frags will allow me a guilt-free upgrade!