[Carmen]

Originally Posted by MitchM

Lobophytums typically reproduce by broadcast methods. They can form daughter colonies, but it is after some type of damage has occurred previously.
Here are a couple of articles that discuss that:

http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/12/m012p137.pdf
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/10/aafeature1

Any chance that something was nipping at your coral, Carmen?

Mitch

Interesting theory Mitch. I am quite sure there is no nipping however the mother colony is very large and my theory is that is the reason for the fragging. I suppose it is really the same in that the mother colony appears to be parting with pieces because it is "overgrown" for the space that it is living in... possibly irritated on edges from other corals or rubbing on rocks??? The mother colony fragged itself even more so when it was stressed from a tank move. Either way it frags it's pieces and full recovers in those places. The frags if attached to rock appear to heal just fine and grow normally.