Eight whole colonies of Pocillopora damicornis were collected near the 500 yard marker on the reef crest of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Marine Refuge, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, on October 13 and October 29, 2014. Within 3 days of collection, corals were fragmented into 3-5 cm branches, hereafter referred to as nubbins, and mounted on PVC bases using Splash Zone A-788 Two-part Epoxy Compound. The latter caused the mortality of a significant percentage of nubbins so a hobbyist hot glue gun was used to mount nubbins from the second collection, with little mortality. Nubbins were then allowed to recover in two 1423 L outdoor tanks under 50% shadecloth, and kept at 27ºC by coiling 10 metres of the seawater supply hose through a 3526 L tank chilled to 13-16ºC (MT3 3358 Watt Chiller, Aqualogic). All nubbins appeared fully pigmented by the commencement of the experiment.