FRAG?

[first-timer89]

Can I cut the coral I got on my lr.com order? I cant rember the name of it. I think it would make a good first frag because I have a ton of them.

 

[PatM]

That depends on the coral, leathers, zoo's, and mushrooms are really easy fraggers. Post some pics.

 

[first-timer89]

Here it is.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=40725&highlight=coral
I have larger and more brownish ones. also ones just like it

 

[PatM]

Hmm, never tried to frag those myself, sorry. Maybe somebody else has an idea, I think those are on the medium to hard as far as fragging. It has a hard base like a bubble coral I believe, which is kind of a pain to frag. I did it but it was quite extensive, had to use the dremel and wedges method. Not 100% sure though. Good Luck.

 

[first-timer89]

Thanks I will still try Any advice or tips on fraging in gereral would be greatlly appreashaed.

 

[first-timer89]

anyone???

 

[grimlock3000]

I have a bunch of this in my tank. It grows _very_ slowly, however it is hardy. IMO I do not see an easy way to frag this stuff since it is rock hard and will break if you put a lot of pressure on it. Give it a try though, maybe you can cut it with a chisel blade and glue it to another surface with CA glue. You will need to get right down to the base of the coral.

 

[lando]

I do not think it would frag very well. If you have a nice colony going I would just leave it.

 

[first-timer89]

I have 8-3inch coloneys! ! are those nice ones?

 

[grimlock3000]

They are not necessarily a sought after coral, but I really like the few clusters in my tank. Also, one of my clusters has a green stripes on each tube that glow under Actinic light, it looks very nice, I wish it would grow about 50 times faster though.

 

[klam]

Since you have so many of them it woouldn't hurt to experiment and try fraging a colony.

 

[PatM]

There is a method for fragging coral of this type that involves a dremel and some chisels to pry it apart. I would do some searches in that direction, I think you can do it the same as a bubble coral. The only way I've ever fragged one is by accidentally dropping it on the way home from buying my bubble. I opened the bag and I had two. There is some good fragging info here: http://pub9.bravenet.com/faq/show.php?usernum=737567594&catid=3349

 

[electrikat]

the www.garf.org website has a lot of info on fragging different corals and you can email them to see if they have any suggestions on specific corals. They are very big on frag-your-own instead of taking from the natural reefs. I saw some very cool fragging ideas on their site.