Fragging my giant Euphyllia

[Reef Maniac]

Whew. I'm now totally exhausted - spent most of the afternoon completing the fragging of this guy...

This coral has just grown too large for my tank, blocking off nearly all the water flow on the right hand side of the tank and over-shadowing everything below it - it just HAD to be fragged, even though I feel quite sad about it.

I now have about 200 frags ranging between 2 heads and about 20 heads, occupying my 1m x 0.5m x 0.45m Q-tank AND half of my sump. If anyone would like to have frags (free), just give me a shout - only condition is that you must collect in Bloemfontein on weekends.

Hennie

 

[Mekaeel]

OMG that is one huge Euphyllia. How old is the colony Hennie?

 

[goodisor]

DAMN

Could someone closer to Empangeni please take Hennies example and give frags away too.Hey Hennie,if I could organize a shipment to this side of the world I would be over the moon......Oh well,enjoy the freebies whoever gets them,just remember when they get that big to GIVE them away again...

 

[Reef Maniac]

I did promise Sean Koekemoer a large frag, and will try to bring it to him this December holiday - Empangeni is not that far away from Richards Bay (I think...), so if you still want one I will throw another piece into the bucket

Hennie

 

[goodisor]

I did promise Sean Koekemoer a large frag, and will try to bring it to him this December holiday - Empangeni is not that far away from Richards Bay (I think...), so if you still want one I will throw another piece into the bucket

Hennie

Hey Hennie.You are a star.

.Empangeni and R/Bay are practically one city,so if it is not too much of a bother for you,then that would be great.I can meat you there when you arrive.I will PM you my details.

 

[gaboon]

Thats incredible! Do you have a pic before you fragged it?

 

[Reef Maniac]

OMG that is one huge Euphyllia. How old is the colony Hennie?

Hi Mek,

This is the first photo I have of it (that I could find), taken 29 December 2002 (although I recall that it was about half this size when I first got it, somewhere in mid 2001)

Hennie

 

[Reef Maniac]

Thats incredible! Do you have a pic before you fragged it?

Yup, that's it in the first post...

Just to put it's size into perspective - the tank is 700mm wide...

Hennie

 

[gaboon]

Thats a monster!

 

[scubaninja]

i would love some frags! any chance of some of them comin my way?

 

[Reef Maniac]

i would love some frags! any chance of some of them comin my way?

Not unless you come this way to fetch

 

[scubaninja]

I'll be coming up to jhb in a few weeks. will that help? would really love a few frags. i could possibly collect for some of the other durban people while i'm at it if thats cool wit you?

 

[Mekaeel]

Hi Mek,

This is the first photo I have of it (that I could find), taken 29 December 2002 (although I recall that it was about half this size when I first got it, somewhere in mid 2001)

Hennie

Incredible Hennie! How is the flow around it?Light, medium, heavy?

 

[Reef Maniac]

Incredible Hennie! How is the flow around it?Light, medium, heavy?

I have lots of LPS corals, and they don't appreciate the kind of jet turbine streams you SPS guys maintain... So I guess it can be classified as "Quite light" - my return is split into about 8 outlets, so each one discharges only a few hundred liters per hour. apart from that, I only had two Tunzes in the tank for most of the time - one packed up recently, so I had to replace it with a Seio - talk about down-grading

What I DO have is good chaotic water movement, with lots of swirls and eddies - makes all the difference

Hennie

 

[Mekaeel]

Cool, thanks Hennie

 

[jacquesb]

WOW Hennie! That Euphyllia is really HUGE! Now I know what you were talking about!

AWESOME man...

 

[Neil H]

Hi Hennie,

I would love a frag ir two..... I am based in JHB so can not collect, however i am busy getting a quote from DHL express , who will pick up from your house and deliver to my door on the same day.... Would you be open to doing that?

If Hennie is ok with that then the bigger the shipment the less it will cost individuals... so people in JHB who are keen for frags, let me know and we can see if we can make a plan!!!!

 

[crispin]

i would love one really would. Niel wanna share costs, I am sure there are a number of jhb guys who would like, if you coordinate we could share costs and collect from you?

and hennie thanks for a truley generous gesture, its wonderful to see guys (guru ir not) that keep things alive so long and so productivley gives us all a bench mark to aim at.

 

[Neil H]

Crispin, thats the idea, i will co-ordinate and we share the costs.... just waiting for the DHL price and then we can see if its going to be worth it !

 

[crispin]

its worth it i'll also find out of guys are keen perhaps we can get a number of frags