Neon Green Nephthya Leather Coral Propagation

Propagation tutorial that works for all kinds of branching soft corals (Sinularia, Nephthya, Cladiella, etc.). Here we demonstrate the technique on a neon green Nephthya, a popular leather coral.

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how's it going everyone it feels like
it's been forever since i did how to
propagation video so we're going to do
one now with neon green net via corals
when it comes to these branching other
corals they are really more similar than
they are different i can barely tell
them apart
other than some color differences and
some very subtle texture differences in
terms of care they all do well in a wide
variety of tank conditions propagating
these letters is not difficult if left
alone will grow large and branch out on
their own
well let's be serious we try to
propagate just about everything here the
first thing to pay attention to is the
health of the coral being dragged try
selecting one that's well established
and already growing this is a key point
because of the coral is already doing
well it will generally survive the
cutting process and also attached to its
new substrate faster
people often ask me how fast coral grows
and it really depends FTF for example
grows really fast once they start but
that lag . can vary our student girl for
a whole 12 months and only lately have
they shown their typical explosive
growth rate the next step is preparing
the substrate that we will be attaching
the cuttings to I like to select pieces
that are somewhat log shaped and
slightly irregular because it tends to
be easier to loosely wrap a rubber band
to this surface
if you haven't already guessed the
rubber bands will be holding the
cuttings down when you're ready to cut
trim pieces that are roughly 2 inches i
like to do this in a separate container
rather than in the tank because leather
corals release all sorts of toxins that
can stress out neighbor and corals if
you've ever tried gluing soft corals to
rocks
it's no fun they're really adept at
sloughing off any glue and slipping away
it can help a few rubber band as well as
glue but it's more of a personal
preference thing if you do decide to use
a depth of glue patent fe a dry first
rubber banding the coral down is kind of
the trickiest part of this propagation
technique
the problem is you want the rubber band
to be tight enough to hold the coral in
place but not too tight that it cuts the
coral in half and you lose both has the
difference in pressure between those two
outcomes is not a lot so to play it safe
we tend to go a little looser
ok this flag is ready to go back into
the system after a few minutes the
polyps are extended which is a good sign
if you do it right even a loose rubber
band is enough pressure to cut the coral
in half as long as the core already had
an opportunity to attach this is a
blessing in disguise because the result
is too attached rags you can then cut
the rock to separate them further thanks
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take care guys happy reading