more fragging fun
- Thread starter reefkprz
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aztec reef
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tahoetanks
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of course we want pics! ***)
the j.o.p.
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i love pics!!!!!!!!!!!!
reefkprz
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this is going to take a couple posts, please be patient while I rename and resize the rest of the pics,
changed my mind and did a finger leather that I found under a rock that I didn't know I had, ainsted of a toadstool leather same pricipal though, cut with razor, rubber band to rock.
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changed my mind and did a finger leather that I found under a rock that I didn't know I had, ainsted of a toadstool leather same pricipal though, cut with razor, rubber band to rock.
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reefkprz
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look what I found! I forgot I had this bugger, it was growing behind a bunch of stuff.
also reason #732 to wear gloves when fragging, I coulda' been cutting my fingers apart with a razor instead, I just changes my glove.
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also reason #732 to wear gloves when fragging, I coulda' been cutting my fingers apart with a razor instead, I just changes my glove.
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reefkprz
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ok next was my encrusting brain, a while back my tank had a crash due to a skimmer malfunction, the encrusting brain receeded leaving one large healthy chung and a tiny piece off to one side that was also healthy. here I took a pair of needle nose pliers and just broke off the little healthy piece, unfortunatly it broke in two. then as per most I just super glue it to a rock, after drying both the frag and the rock.
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the j.o.p.
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whoa what melted your glove together?
reefkprz
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next blue eyed zoas, very easy I originally glued this colony onto this rock because of how smooth it is making for an easy peel for propagating. I highly reccomend this to any one who wants to make propagation colonies, it worked so well, I am going to do it on all my frag colonies.
step by step for those that havent fragged zoas, (Insert palytoxin disclaimer here, if you dont know what palytoxins are look at this thread https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/245173/the-truth-about-palytoxins )
1 peel back the mat by lifting one edge with butterknife or back of razor blade
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2 cut carefully between polyps at the edge of the lifted and still attached sections to free lifted piece
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3 dry LR
4 dry bottom of zoas
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5 put a drop or two of glue on rock
6 place freed zoa mat directly onto glue
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7 wait 30 seconds
8 rinse to wash of toxins
9 return to tank
step by step for those that havent fragged zoas, (Insert palytoxin disclaimer here, if you dont know what palytoxins are look at this thread https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/245173/the-truth-about-palytoxins )
1 peel back the mat by lifting one edge with butterknife or back of razor blade
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2 cut carefully between polyps at the edge of the lifted and still attached sections to free lifted piece
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3 dry LR
4 dry bottom of zoas
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5 put a drop or two of glue on rock
6 place freed zoa mat directly onto glue
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7 wait 30 seconds
8 rinse to wash of toxins
9 return to tank
reefkprz
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palythoas, same as zoanthids, just lots slimier and harder to hold onto with gloves.
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reefkprz
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ok last but not least, though no skill involved here, I have a rock with xenia, orange zoas and yellow zoas, I only have a few polyps of the oranges so I need to save them from the ever present danger of being over run by xenia.
of course in this case it means breaking the rock. got a metal pry bar and place it against the rock where I wanted it to break and it almost worked. after breaking the rock twice I ended up with two seperate colonies of oranges and two seperate colonies of xenia.
unfortunatly I got a phone call and forgot to take a before pic but I found a picture from a couple weeks ago, you can barely see the xenia due to it being shot under actinic light (and my camera sucking so bad.)
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of course in this case it means breaking the rock. got a metal pry bar and place it against the rock where I wanted it to break and it almost worked. after breaking the rock twice I ended up with two seperate colonies of oranges and two seperate colonies of xenia.
unfortunatly I got a phone call and forgot to take a before pic but I found a picture from a couple weeks ago, you can barely see the xenia due to it being shot under actinic light (and my camera sucking so bad.)
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reefkprz
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forgot to show the cabbage leather, same as any leather just cut with razor and rubberband to a rock
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