Nature never tends to repeat accidents and the shape of coral heads have evolved as the perfect structure for each polyp to grow in the best most productive way. If you have some old dry coral this is a great way to use them. You can NOT bring them back to life - but this is the next best thing. Please watch this feature for updates on how Stuart's arches are doing. We are now mounting some Acropoara frags upside down by breaking the tip from a small branch.
Bud tips are important because they all grow at the same rate.
If we can increase the number of tips we can produce colonies faster. We now have over 300 strains of corals and other invertebrates that have commercial value in the reef aquarium trade. We have been using the Internet to train many people from around the world to farm these corals in captive, land based, small scale farms. Our web site has hundreds of free pages of farming information. The Internet has made it possible for us to trade corals with dozens of people each month.