下面的文章最初发表在Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine more than 20 years ago and is reproduced here with permission from the author, Tony Vargas. This is surely one of the first articles ever on propagating stony corals. It may come across as rudimentary now, but imagine doing this more than two decades ago, when there was no information on doing this kind of thing whatsoever.
Picture this, you have colonized a rock and spent five years growing to just a foot across and about five inches high. You live in the waters off Fiji, on a very pristine red where you are doing so well that you are the envy of every reef enthusiast. Sunlight, water quality and the current are perfect. The color that you radiate is a beautiful red-pink glow. Then, one day out of nowhere, a large chisel and hammer extract you from the rock that you called home for the previous five years. After being bagged up dry in Fiji, you are transported to the United States. In California, you finally receive water after a day and a half of stressful travel, you wind up in a pet shop in New York. And this is where I come into the picture.
我和几个朋友站在坦克前面,这是短暂的accommodating这个非常宏伟的头Acropora sp。珊瑚。实际上,我们对我们所看到的东西感到惊讶Acroporacoral like this one. Between us, we must have at least a hundred colonies ofAcropora sp。coral, but not one of us has the room for this large and stupendous piece ofAcropora。The majority of the time a head ofAcropora这样的人被认为死于库里奥贸易。很高兴看到一个人活着参加礁石贸易。但是,这种珊瑚是最昂贵的Acropora我们曾经遇到过。至少一个小时,我们在彼此辩论是否购买这种珊瑚。最后,我们决定如果完全健康,我们不能让它通过手指滑落。
Inspecting the piece in the tank, we notice no signs of recession. In fact, it has the prettiest color pigmentation we have ever seen. We started surveying for crabs, feather duster worms, or other commensal creatures that may have been inhabiting the coral. But this head had no living animals living along with it. The final decision was made and we purchased the coral, I could not believe the amount of water and the size of the bag in which the coral was placed. We left the store with a shopping bag which contained just this one coral. We were still discussing, among ourselves, what plan of action we were going to take concerning housing this coral.
到达格雷格·席默(Greg Schiemer)的房子时,我们决定在我们三个人之间传播珊瑚,因为三个较小的物品肯定会适合我们的坦克时期。有很多传播的方法Acropora, but this one had a very large base to it. We couldn’t imagine ourselves breaking or clipping branches off of it. So the table saw was taken out and placed in the middle of the garage floor. This table saw has eight inch, 40 tooth carbide tipped blade which would slice through this coral like butter. As I sat on the floor with my legs wrapped around the table saw, I began to question as to whether or not we were doing the right thing. Once again, this is a very magnificent piece. The other guys did not seem to have any objections to what we were about to do. So we proceeded with the plan. We adjusted the blade to the height of the coral base, making sure that the branches would not get cut during the process. The table saw was turned on and the cutting began.
As the cutting started, I got sprayed by wet calcium dust which the table saw was sending directly my way. The smell of burning flesh filled the room as the bald cut through the coral’s living tissue. The first cut is made and the smallest piece is rinsed to remove the calcium dust created by the action of the blade. The first cutting is placed in tank water. Most of the dust comes off with a gentle shake to the coral in the water. The second cut is made and we hurriedly left the garage. The smell was simply unbearable! While cleaning up the other two pieces, we felt where the blade had made the cut. It was so smooth, it felt as if someone had sandpapered and polished the area. Overall, this animal must have been out of the water for at least 30 minutes with water being splashed on it every so often. As we placed one of the cuttings into Greg’s tanks, we noticed it had not lost any of its beauty. The only difference between this piece and the original, was the size. It still resembled the mother colony in full detail.
当我回到家时,我将珊瑚的第二部分放在其最终位置。克雷格·宾曼(Craig Bingman)将第三件作品带回家,并将其放在他的礁石水族馆中 - 一个珊瑚,三个朋友。这表明几乎可以用石质珊瑚来完成任何事情。息肉花了大约一天或两天Acropora to expose themselves in the light, or come out night to feed.
今天,这种珊瑚做得很好。它的原始颜色恢复了亮度。由于其放置10,000k灯泡的位置,因此失去了一些颜色。在用6,500k灯泡更换灯泡后两天,珊瑚恢复了其原始颜色的大部分。这种珊瑚实际上已经在桌子锯砍伐的区域生长。该切割区域不像以前那样可见。
我们需要记住,当我们开始传播它们时,这些动物还活着。应该注意,因为这些动物对这些动物施加了巨大的压力。当正确完成此过程时,动物将继续繁荣。成功切割后,尝试将珊瑚放置在水族馆区域,在那里将与其他动物接触最小。最少的压力将使珊瑚能够更快地恢复。我愿意不是recommend the use of a table saw to propagate your corals, as this is a非常危险程序。让专业人士为您做此类工作。
无性繁殖是我们可以将数字添加到此珊瑚的唯一手段。目前,有几个人试图鼓励产卵Acropora通过模拟其水族馆上方的月球周期来囚禁。
小息肉珊瑚的碎片传播应快速,整齐地进行最大生存率。一对割缆将可以解决问题。使用电线切割器,将最锋利的边缘放在预定切割的底座周围。努力切割。用钳子将牙齿放在树枝上,紧贴握住,然后扭动手腕。这将立即在母亲殖民地抢走树枝。碎片应放在它们贴合的孔中,或者可以将它们环氧化为活岩。建议使用后者。
水族馆贸易中有三个商业使用的环氧树脂品牌。DEVCON是许多业余爱好者使用的第一枚环氧树脂。它有两种形式;Devcon的水下维修油腻的油腻的油腻的是两部分的混合物,当您尝试混合时可能会非常凌乱。Devcon Magic Bond有一个4盎司的棍子,可以手工缝制,混合时会更少混乱。两种产品由DevCon正确混合后,将它们变成灰色的浅色。Searepair也有一个4盎司的棍子,它是可以手缝制的,也是灰色的浅色阴影。Aquastik,有两盎司和四盎司。两盎司的棒为粉红色,四盎司棒为深灰色。他们都可以手缝制。 All three work well; your choice would have to be what color you prefer.
As you can see from the pictures, this coral is doing extremely well, and, with proper care, it will continue to prosper.
让我简要介绍这些动物目前正在接受的哪种护理。所有这些水族馆剂量limewater,添加锶,添加痕量元素,进行水变化,利用碳并具有大量的水流动。颜色差异来自在水族馆中使用的不同灯泡。Acroporanumber one belongs to Greg Schiemer, number two to Tony Vargas, and number three Craig Bingman. I was unable to obtain a picture of Bingman’sAcropora但是我可以说它做得很好。