How does branching hammer grow heads?

Rekonn · 07/07/2006, 03:33 AM

Recently got a branching hammer frag, and was wondering how this one grows additional heads. Does one head split into multiple like a candy cane? Or does it sprout a new head from the side?

flipteg · 07/07/2006, 03:42 AM

it does both split (sometimes into 3) and bud off new polyps around the sides...

Rekonn · 07/07/2006, 09:56 AM

Cool. For fragging purposes, how far below the head should the cut be made?

Sk8r · 07/07/2006, 10:10 AM

Include, I'd say, about half an inch minimum below the last live tissue, and I'd glue the stub to another rock to keep bristleworms from colonizing it---imho, it is one place where they can be a nuisance, inside the honeycomb structure of a fragged lps.

07/07/2006, 03:33 AM	#1
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07/07/2006, 10:10 AM	#4
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Include, I'd say, about half an inch minimum below the last live tissue, and I'd glue the stub to another rock to keep bristleworms from colonizing it---imho, it is one place where they can be a nuisance, inside the honeycomb structure of a fragged lps. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

07/07/2006, 03:42 AM	#2
flipteg Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 910	it does both split (sometimes into 3) and bud off new polyps around the sides...

07/07/2006, 09:56 AM	#3
Rekonn Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Francisco CA Posts: 769	Cool. For fragging purposes, how far below the head should the cut be made?