Mike’s Marine Aquarium – P365 Sep09

Nomi and I are members of the Marine Aquarium Society of Victoria (MASOV), and today we had our monthly meeting. This time it was at one of the other members, Mike's, place. He has a beautiful six foot aquarium, and these photos were taken of it.

The theme for the meeting was "How to frag corals". "Fragging" is essentially the same process as taking cuttings from plants. Most corals can be broken up and will grow back from the parts. It's a great way to share corals between aquarists, helps limit the amount of collecting of specimins from reefs, and helps teach a great deal about the care and nurture of corals. Plus it is a cheap and easy way to get a wide variety of beautiful corals for your tank.

Member Glen demonstrated the methods for fragging a variety of different corals, some of which are seen here.