Grafting Live Acropora to its Own Skeleton

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[@atfinthehouse8631]

You could actually “graft” different color corals of same genus species onto a spread out old dead skeleton. Would make an outstanding display piece.

[@SNBI2A]

That would be cool

[@kgrea9296]

they will fight to death 99% of the time

[@DannysAquariums]

*Excited to see how this will turn out! 🙌*

[@Utubereefer]

The tips are glowing purple outside of the water! Crazy nice!

[@darrendroge2711]

Way cool. Well Done Jake.

[@BlackGoldReefing]

Can’t wait to see it on the update in a few months

[@richardtilbury6249]

I use a dremel for cold working glass, which is done with lots of water. I use one of these: "Dremel 225 Flex-shaft - Multi-Purpose Flexible Shaft Extension for Dremel Rotary Multitools". You can hang the Dremel up and use the flex shaft with the saw on the end and not worry about dropping the dremel into salt water and causing fires, power outages, etc.! ;) It might also be more comfortable as the flex-shaft feels more like using a pen rather than having to balance the whole dremel when working on something small. Having sustained the odd stupid injury when coldworking, please use a wood/perspex block to push the frag against the saw blade rather than your finger! You made me very nervous! Great video though! Look forward to seeing it when it has encrusted. Glad you didn't need to superglue fingers back on! LOL

[@zerberus2525]

Cant wait for a update 🖖🍻

[@coraladdict5059]

Such a cool piece! So awesome you went to Australia and to Gallery Aquatica! I want to know why it’s called Derrick’s Indecision

[@modolla81]

Very cool! Loved the video. Looking forward to the update. Thanks Jake.

[@Ryan_Maineaquaria]

Definitely cool to see. I’ve had this same thought with photosynthetic gorgonians.

[@mthomson3408]

Awesome franken coral can’t wait to see the progress of this

[@ReefandDive]

Cool Jake! Please keep us uptaded!

[@artofwar-3263]

Mr.Adams with the fresh cut ! This is of course a dope video. I've done something similar in the past with a not so beautiful acro... looking forward to future updates of this masterpiece.

[@gabrielbrensjimenez3191]

Wao, so beautiful brother., God bless you

[@tylerjaax4917]

The purple color under the daylight spectrum from the room lighting is so killer…

[@SaltFishTV]

“Got to love how the acropora smell”. Haha I knew exactly what that smell was when you said that lol. This was a really interesting video, I’m super intrigued how it turns out! How long was the colony growing out for? Really nice growth on it.

[@jeremywilson7291]

Can't wait to see how it goes!

[@aidanlesseraux1269]

Good work

[@ellisbarton2261]

Loving the new intro !

[@aarondus]

Super cool. Yes, I'd like to see/learn more. Hope you'll be sharing progress updates of this gem.

[@flashkan]

Cool video. I didn't quite do that, but I had a frag encrust on a rack and when I removed it, explode... I glued a bunch of the scraps around the tile and it encrusted the tile quickly having more surface area for growth.

[@spicyreef]

I learn so much watching this channel - THANKS!

[@philcavallini9657]

Very cool! I've actually done this before with acro and it actually worked. It took over the original base with some left over skeleton.

[@robertleffler4286]

That’s freaking awesome I hope it turns out can’t wait to see how it turns out

[@alejinoo8920]

I think your on to something!! Maybe making man made coral skeletons for quick growth?? Instead of only growing up it grows up and down 🤔

[@insane_reefer3719]

Of course! New tips & tricks are always welcome.

[@joshualawrence65]

Yeah I would like to see the grafting videos

[@Alex_Correa]

I'm going to tell your daddy you are playing with his tools again! I love that staghorn, man! Gotta love all Acros!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@hoodmichelle]

Awesome Frankenstag! Cant wait to see it in a few months.

[@scottt9263]

Do we have any updates yet!? This has been living rent free in my mind for months lol

[@igetlotsofspam]

Gotta, place a couple pieces laying down around the bottom to grow up and connect. It's unlikely it will grow down, it will encrust a bit then fan out. I've done this a few times.

[@MrMatt9687]

Kinda done this with a hammer my lfs had the head popped off and I put it in a mushroom box and it reattached and started regrowing

[@iczerone2000]

Can't wait to see how it turns out! Please keep updating!

[@Maccdy]

This is some straight Frankenstein shit….and I’m here for it.

[@frederiknitsch3680]

Thats super interesting. Its also what you see in the wild a lot, with corals growing over its own sceleton. But how about some grafting of strains with different growth rates? I know some A. hoeksemai grow reeeally slow, but others are quicker. Maybe graft those and hope for better growth of the slowgrowing parts, like you would with trees 🤔

[@terrydavis7389]

what a great idea

[@cubanreefer1582]

If I try to glue those tips I definitely get glue every where and all over my fingers and that’s without mentioning that it will fall a few time of the branch because I didn’t glue enough or perhaps maybe too much , good job Jake

[@danperez3328]

Jake, I'd love that token frag for my 220.6!

[@harkinsaquatics]

Would love grafted coral videos

[@jjmccloud]

Genius lol I had to check when this video was posted cause I was hoping it was like 6 or 8 months old and already had an update 😅 🤣 but now guess I gotta wait just like you lol can't wait to see!! I'm also interested in the live to live grafting wanna check that out as well and see the turnouts

[@erikanderson7223]

Great way to recover the old colony, look forward to seeing how this turns out.

[@Sutsamadori97]

Thats a cool idea. I always wondered if people let branching sceletons grow over by encrusting corals

[@tedmontague]

The little nubs you cut off the ends with the band saw would be $100 frags at some stores

[@GamePumaAll]

I had two zoas a orange and rastas graft together. Made a head spilt down the middle. I’ve lost it but I do have a picture of it

[@anniejefferson4642]

Corals up n out not down. You would have to glue beside it low.

[@johnkidd3975]

Cool Jake, I would like to see more. Maybe even making a two color monti? I was goofing around a few months back and put 3 different gsp on a few old coral skeletons. I told my wife I can't draw or paint so this is my art. She shook her head and wandered off, I don't think she bought it.

[@josephnassif6557]

i've done this before, looks awesome when grown out!! also i did this with a green stag that was alive but i accdently pumped it so it snapped in half so i just glued it back together :D

[@aniafish]

OMG yaaaay Jake! I thought this piece looked familiar! So glad to see your blue QLD stag is doing so well 👏💙

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Great video Jake, really enjoyed this technique. The studio is looking so good!

[@bryve96]

I wonder if this practice could be used to replenish dead/dying reefs

[@zafishguy5166]

This was one of my first thoughts

[@dominiquebryan2039]

Check out/Google microfragmentation/coral reskinning. It's particularly useful for slow growing boulder corals.

[@SergioDiaz-et1sz]

Excelente video!!

[@so_so_reef]

I always wanted to do this with GSP to get a more interesting shape than just on a little mound island on the sand.

[@MyTeaandCrumpets]

Inappropriate reefers acro did the same thing, he got a piece an it died right back to skeleton flash forward 6months or so an the skeleton has just been completed covered now

[@threea225]

Wah. Amazing

[@BC-fy1wn]

While corals are not my general field of study,I very much appreciate the shapes that are found in tropical biotopes.Are there corals that tend to branch downwards,as well as up towards the light and strong flow? I live for experimentation like these.Best to all of you and your crew, Doc BC

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Believe it or not, most of my Acros actively grow sideways more than they grow up

[@FranklinDattein]

We also call it "blue lightning stag" down under.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

I like that name better

[@coinage8356]

So the tiny pieces you cut off, do you glue those to frag plugs too? If so, how quickly does it take the coral to close the wound over the exposed skeleton? Does it grow in a mound then or does it start to grow in a spike?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

I'd rather have fewer corals that I take better care of than try to rescue every shard of living coral tissue into an unmanageable number of frags.

[@sayurasem]

If coralline algae gets to the skeleton first, will the grafted acro still encrust?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

for sure

[@ExopMan]

Are the acro raceway tanks still running the same equipment from original build/tour?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Yeah pretty much, haven't changed on most of them

[@slirpslirp]

love experimenting

[@fishpony1211]

This is so cool. I think this is how all the bleached reefs should be fixed in the ocean

[@garvinchinnia2438]

that's cool.

[@joydeep2794]

Awesome, what is the dimensions of this tank Jack ? Can you please advise ?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

four by eight feet including a one foot wide section on the far end for the water management

[@plaguetanks1224]

So I’m a since with the pyramid cuts, two tips will grow off each pyramid flat? Sorry new guy here. Hi Jake!

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

I hope so

[@Chopper.onepiece]

tutorial for planting mangroves in the aquarium

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

that's a great idea!

[@jamesgreen9372]

Great video on an interesting idea ! One question: How much pressure can one put on the tissue while cutting without having damage ? Any tips ? As a novice, I have little background and appreciate your insight. Thanks, Jim

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

best tip is to make sure your cutters are nice and SHARP

[@darrylsReefing]

Nice... Do you think if you do different colors of them the colors will eventually fuse together like monti caps do?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

they might grow into each other and not fight but they won't fuse

[@darrylsReefing]

@@ReefBuildersVideo *sigh* hopes and dreams lose 😂

[@miguelsalty]

Update on the nano reef PAWEEZ 🥲

[@drummerguydw]

Random, but where do you get those hexagon frag disks?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

hardware stores

[@AL_EVOz]

How would you prevent the white base from building algae on it Jake?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

A bunch of tangs and my reef roomba kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYWQlZ2PnM51f7c

[@AL_EVOz]

@@ReefBuildersVideo awesome!! Thanks for the info Jake! Looking forward to the update on this coral. :)

[@tdyrkacz]

what glue is that? The super glue i've used in the past does not set that quickly and is not able to hold things in place so fast.

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

PolypLab

[@Saltydog547]

Won't it take forever for the stag to cover the dead base?

[@borinvlogs]

how long can corals stay out of water?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

really depends on the coral, and the conditions, but I don't think twice about having Acros out (keeping them moist) for 10 minutes or more

[@reefkeepingandeverythingelse]

I got nervous because the acro was out of water lot of Time. I know that some acros are out of water in nature but since that colony has been lot of time in a tank I am afraid it forgot how to be out of water xD

[@matmalette]

How is it coming up 6 months later?

[@BlackGoldReefing]

I have a question? Do you ever sale any of you corals. It seems like you such a wide variety and I wondered why you don’t have an online store

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

No sales but I do try to trade and give away to locals when I can

[@Mr_Tequila_Travels]

Any books you can recommend on aquarium acros? What the scientific name of “Derrick’s indecision”?

[@scooterglass4497]

Also, love the Derricks Indecision Acropora. I really hope to find my own piece someday. Do you know the specific species of that Acropora?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

@@scooterglass4497 I don't know the species, with staghorn corals like this you have to really let them grow out pretty large before you can narrow it down to one of 50 species with this general shape

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

www.coralsoftheworld.org/species_factsheets/

[@aniafish]

We will have to explain the name one day, it’s a great story!

[@Mr_Tequila_Travels]

@@aniafish was it a Derrick diving and not being able to pick what coral to take a frag from?

[@NoFairiesAllowed]

As someone literally just stumbling apon this world. How do you enthusiasts all view the coral? As a pet like an animal or more of an aquatic plant?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

I like to think of them as living crystals

[@freshwatercorals801]

Is that an Acropora Valenciennesi?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

that's a very good guess but would have to grow it out massively in order to confirm

[@GwonkReefkeeping]

Is it just me, or do you think that acropora smells like corn?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Healthy Acro has a certain vegetable sweetness for sure

[@rppvt]

if it's a dead superstructure, wonder if it actually needs to be the same species...?

[@ReefBuildersVideo]

Nah for sure it doesn't need to be the same, doesn't even need to be real, I just like the *poetry* of it

[@LAMMROD_]

Yoooo you’re gunnu cut your finger one day if you keep using a ban saw like that. It’s not if you do it’s when. Use a stick to push things through the ban saw. Safety first.

[@Cycnoches2012]

Hate that you cut your hair. Is that a new camera or is Evan getting better?

[@devon6610]

ah yes, let me purposely make my acro look like it has RTN