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07-03-2008, 07:34 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Spokane,Wa Age: 48
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|  Is my tree splitting? Worried.
Has anyone had experience with watching a tree coral split? It's my first one, and yesterday it was fine. Today it is fine,actually,is the picture of health. It has two thick main "trunks",and the branches are streched upward and out like a tree, polyps everywhere, bright fleshy color(slightly orange).
The thing is, overnight, it developed a smooth hole at it's base. All day it's been getting larger,and the one trunk seems to be losing it's grip on the rock. Funny thing is, it still looks so healthy. You can read what I have in my tank on my signature, but no one in the tank seems to be bothering it.
Any advise would be so appreciated. _________  20 gal. Coralife lunar aqualight 65wActinic03blue &65w 10,000k daylight,w/led moonlights,w/2 CPR BAK PAK bio-filter w/rio-2 600rv venturi powerhead, 5 live rocks about 25lbs, various mushrooms, button coral,and a spaghetti finger tree coral,Yellow leather coral,2 Featherdusters,tiny clam (extra hitchhiker on a LR!), red & grn zoas,6 turbo snails , 4 hermit crabs,1 scooter blenny, horseshoe crab. 2 pajama cardinal fish,1 Banggai cardinal and a firefish. Indian brittle starfish. | 
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07-03-2008, 08:00 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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It looks to me as if it is going through asexual reproduction! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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07-03-2008, 08:12 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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 Is there a pic here I am missing??
"tree coral" is kind of a general term...could be Kenya tree, colt or leather.
Leathers do not generally "split" in my experience...grow new branches, yes. "'Split" no. At least not on their own. If injured in some way, expect separate pieces will grow just fine as that is what we do to propagate them.
Kenya trees are dropping "branches" and tips all the time. Is way they spread themselves around...and do they ever... 
Good luck with whatever.... _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
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07-03-2008, 08:17 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Louisville, KY ( derby town ) Age: 40
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Originally Posted by Babytank  Has anyone had experience with watching a tree coral split? It's my first one, and yesterday it was fine. Today it is fine,actually,is the picture of health. It has two thick main "trunks",and the branches are streched upward and out like a tree, polyps everywhere, bright fleshy color(slightly orange).
The thing is, overnight, it developed a smooth hole at it's base. All day it's been getting larger,and the one trunk seems to be losing it's grip on the rock. Funny thing is, it still looks so healthy. You can read what I have in my tank on my signature, but no one in the tank seems to be bothering it.
Any advise would be so appreciated. |
its splitting and you say its a "tree coral" ? what kind ? have a pic that we might see what type ?
It sound as if it's on the move... xeania does the same thing by either budding from the main parent and growing or by splitting and/or releasing from the rock and moving to make another colony of it's self. | |
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07-03-2008, 09:15 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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looks like its just splitting and moving apart.they can also drop branches they drift away to another spot.
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07-03-2008, 11:49 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Spokane,Wa Age: 48
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| I'm worried it will just fall off the rock!
Thanks for replying all, I just love this site! Such knowlege and so helpful!
So, The picture of the coral is the one I entered in the potm contest, I took the photo yesterday, not a sign of anything. It is also on my profile and signature (as I'm learning how to do things on this site). From what I know, It is a spaghetti finger tree coral. The second "trunk" is almost completely detached from the rock now,but a small part of the bases are still connected.
I am getting photos now, and will share them later, I have to go out of town.
I am so worried the darn thing will just fall off the rock and die while I'm gone!
What do I do if it does fall off,glue it to a rock? I haven't learned about that yet! It just looks so healthy now. Nothing else is falling off at all.
Thanks again all!
Last edited by Babytank; 07-04-2008 at 12:10 AM.
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07-03-2008, 11:57 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Spokane,Wa Age: 48
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| Here is the coral in question!
 The photo quality went down in the downsizing process, but now the trunk on the right is separate on the backside only. | |
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07-04-2008, 06:50 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Nov 2007
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sounds and looks to me like your gonna soon have two. _________ I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.
Every morning is the dawn of a new error.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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07-04-2008, 07:28 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Looks like you could just go ahead and separate them, and glue the unattached one to a new location. Just a suggestion, but if you are going out of town then at least you would be more assured. Wait for someone with more experience to chime in but this seems like the best idea to me if you are leaving soon. _________  55 G, with 40lbs LR, 40lbs live sand, Tomato clown, Sixline wrasse, Aussie Duncan, Frogspawn, zoas, blastomussa wellsi, skunk cleaner shrimp, 4 astrea snails, 1 turbo, 12 hermits, 216wt T5HO lighting, Maxijet 600 (modified), Koralia 1, Emporer 280 filter x2. Born from my 20g on 6/8/08. Always a work in progress. | 
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07-08-2008, 09:49 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Spokane,Wa Age: 48
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| The tree is going thru alot!
Okay,right after I last posted, I had to leave. Caretaker never turned on the lights!!!! OHHH. I came home to a very droopy,purple tree. The right half was falling off the rock. I was quite upset, but I took the baster and propped it back up against another rock, put "Coral Vital" (from the Mark Weiss company) in the water and put the lights on all night.
The next morning i'll be darned! It looked fit as a fiddle!!!!
The only thing I can think is........it loves me and missed me,or i'm just darn lucky!
So, I think it didn't have the energy to do anymore separating while I was gone. Now, I still think I need to separate it. I know nothing about that, so it's read read read for me!
Thanks to all again for helping with my plight! | |
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