Grafting Acroporas

darkdruid · 01/18/2010, 10:32 AM

I have an acro I really like but its growing lopsided. It's almost straight on the left side and branches everywhere on the right. What I thought about trying was fragging some of the branches and grafting them on the left side to kinda balance it out.

I came up with two different ways to do it and I'm trying to decide what method to use, tying or glueing. You can use fishing line and tie the frag in place and in a few weeks it will fuse into place. Or you can take an exacto knife and carefully scrape down to the bare skeleton and glue the frag in place and it will encrust and grow together. Has anyone ever tried grafting before and which way worked best for you?

noahm · 01/18/2010, 10:44 AM

I would try the scraping/gluing method as the string may cut into the main stalk and cause stress/damage there. I would think it would work if glued carefully.

jbird69 · 01/18/2010, 11:19 AM

I would think its your flow orientation thats causing the growth pattern. If so, any type of grafting may just result in the same growth pattern.

01/18/2010, 10:32 AM	#1
darkdruid Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 520	Grafting Acroporas I have an acro I really like but its growing lopsided. It's almost straight on the left side and branches everywhere on the right. What I thought about trying was fragging some of the branches and grafting them on the left side to kinda balance it out. I came up with two different ways to do it and I'm trying to decide what method to use, tying or glueing. You can use fishing line and tie the frag in place and in a few weeks it will fuse into place. Or you can take an exacto knife and carefully scrape down to the bare skeleton and glue the frag in place and it will encrust and grow together. Has anyone ever tried grafting before and which way worked best for you? __________________ Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything. Current Tank Info: 46 gallon bowfront and 35 gallon mixed reefs, several 10 and 20 gallon frag tanks, beginning a 125 build

01/18/2010, 11:19 AM	#3
jbird69 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The beautiful State of Jefferson Posts: 2,751	I would think its your flow orientation thats causing the growth pattern. If so, any type of grafting may just result in the same growth pattern. __________________ Broke Back Mountain is not a movie, its the pile of dead ninjas in Chuck Norris' back yard

01/18/2010, 10:44 AM	#2
noahm Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 2,736	I would try the scraping/gluing method as the string may cut into the main stalk and cause stress/damage there. I would think it would work if glued carefully.