Fragging fun
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reefkprz
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here you see LR rubble waiting for something to be glued to it, I try and keep everything submerged in water untill it need to be dried or I am actually working with it, just to prevent excess die off and reduce stress to the corals, though most corals with a few exceptions can tolerate being out of water for suprisingly long times.
the second pic here is showing a specimin container with many holes in it to allow flow and sand in the bottom for mushrooms to attach to the sand so I can glue the sand and thus the mushroom to a rock.
Keep in mind any coral I cut is allowed to sit in a seperate container of tank water to let it bleed out then rinsed and returned to the tank or put in a frag tank to prevent polluting my display with coral "blood" toxins waste etcetera.
the second pic here is showing a specimin container with many holes in it to allow flow and sand in the bottom for mushrooms to attach to the sand so I can glue the sand and thus the mushroom to a rock.
Keep in mind any coral I cut is allowed to sit in a seperate container of tank water to let it bleed out then rinsed and returned to the tank or put in a frag tank to prevent polluting my display with coral "blood" toxins waste etcetera.
petjunkie
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Yeah, most of the hardy corals are very hard to kill, even if you want to. I had a dying leather and took it out and cut off everything I could, now I have five small ones! Had some mushrooms I wanted to move, cut right through a couple and ripped a few more, all I ended up with were three colonies of mushrooms when I didn't like the first one very much. But I'm sure when I want to frag my favorite zoos, I'll kill them. Good info and pics, reefkpr, if you've never been shown how to frag it's kinda scary when everything oozes.
reefkprz
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all of those corals do well in most lighting though the more the better the caulastra (either furcata or curvata) like moderate flow and meaty food will consume zooplankton, phyto plankton, fish food, fish excrement and pieces of meat like white fish, squid, haddock, or clam. they usually need some spot feeding for high growth rates, being an LPS it requires good calcium levels for skeletal growth too.
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oreo12
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Originally Posted by reefkprZ
next anthelia I lift the edge of the mat peel it back a bit then cut it free with a razor and use a rubber band to hold it to the rock untill it attaches.
I have had real good luck supper gluing these as well.
next anthelia I lift the edge of the mat peel it back a bit then cut it free with a razor and use a rubber band to hold it to the rock untill it attaches.
I have had real good luck supper gluing these as well.
salth2ofun
New Member
I attempted to frag a mushroom that was really big red, pretty. First mistake
I put sand in a container, some small pieces of rock, cut the mushroom with a razor. put it in container with a piece of netting over it and left it for 4 days at the bottom of my tank. It looked good till day 5. the algae cyano maybe began growing in the container and all the mushrooms disappeared. I opened the container on about day 7. It really smelled. no sign of mushroom but I drained the water and poured the sand back into my tank. About a week ago I notice a small orange richordea I had tried to frag at the same time in a rock all by itself. Maybe they were in the sand. I dont know where the red mushroom went, but the richordea is about the size of an eraser on a pencil.
I put sand in a container, some small pieces of rock, cut the mushroom with a razor. put it in container with a piece of netting over it and left it for 4 days at the bottom of my tank. It looked good till day 5. the algae cyano maybe began growing in the container and all the mushrooms disappeared. I opened the container on about day 7. It really smelled. no sign of mushroom but I drained the water and poured the sand back into my tank. About a week ago I notice a small orange richordea I had tried to frag at the same time in a rock all by itself. Maybe they were in the sand. I dont know where the red mushroom went, but the richordea is about the size of an eraser on a pencil.
reef diver
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Quick question on star polyps, I have a rather large colony in my mantis tank, and it started from a colony that was ona lump of rock, and has now spread. Due to the delicate nature of teh situation I cant be particularly dextrous, to you think I can just pull the original covered rock away, and leave the area that has spread, or do you think I am risking it pulling away from teh new rock altogether, and that ill need a razor to cut it?