Coral experiments

[whatcaneyedo]

I once tried something similar but of the opposite extreme. I took a rock out of my tank that had a small patch of green star polyps on it that I wanted removed. I then blasted the star polyps with a small butane torch for a while until I figured they'd be good and dead. Afterwards I returned the rock to the tank and about a week later the star polyps were back. My recollection is a bit hazy but I think I ended up needing to hire a priest to exorcise that demon from my tank. So I bet if you try your experiment with those you will have a higher survival rate.