My ricordea is out of control
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hot883
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Fragging is very easy. Take a new single edge razor blade, cut him off the rock. Off the rock you lay him down on a plate, slice through the center getting equal amounts of the mouth on both sides. Then cut those two pieces same way and you have 4 pieces. Place them in the tank on the sand out of high flow and they will start to repair themselves. They will attach to the sand in about a week. Take them out, use gloves for all of this. Take out a live rock chunk or rubble or a shell etc. Dab it dry with a paper towel, dab the underside of the ric. dry too. Using superglue GEL, apply the glue, stick on the frag. cover them with a damp paper towel (damp from the tank) and let the glue set up for 2-3 minutes. Take the paper towel off, replace rocks with newly attached rics. back into the tank and within a week or so they will be round again and start to grow larger.
demartini
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Originally Posted by hot883
Fragging is very easy. Take a new single edge razor blade, cut him off the rock. Off the rock you lay him down on a plate, slice through the center getting equal amounts of the mouth on both sides. Then cut those two pieces same way and you have 4 pieces. Place them in the tank on the sand out of high flow and they will start to repair themselves. They will attach to the sand in about a week. Take them out, use gloves for all of this. Take out a live rock chunk or rubble or a shell etc. Dab it dry with a paper towel, dab the underside of the ric. dry too. Using superglue GEL, apply the glue, stick on the frag. cover them with a damp paper towel (damp from the tank) and let the glue set up for 2-3 minutes. Take the paper towel off, replace rocks with newly attached rics. back into the tank and within a week or so they will be round again and start to grow larger.
Thanks hot! My rics are HUGE now with 3 mouths each. I'm afraid to frag them, but I think I may try...by the way sig nice ric! I wish i had an orange one.
Fragging is very easy. Take a new single edge razor blade, cut him off the rock. Off the rock you lay him down on a plate, slice through the center getting equal amounts of the mouth on both sides. Then cut those two pieces same way and you have 4 pieces. Place them in the tank on the sand out of high flow and they will start to repair themselves. They will attach to the sand in about a week. Take them out, use gloves for all of this. Take out a live rock chunk or rubble or a shell etc. Dab it dry with a paper towel, dab the underside of the ric. dry too. Using superglue GEL, apply the glue, stick on the frag. cover them with a damp paper towel (damp from the tank) and let the glue set up for 2-3 minutes. Take the paper towel off, replace rocks with newly attached rics. back into the tank and within a week or so they will be round again and start to grow larger.
Thanks hot! My rics are HUGE now with 3 mouths each. I'm afraid to frag them, but I think I may try...by the way sig nice ric! I wish i had an orange one.
royal gang
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Originally Posted by hot883
Fragging is very easy. Take a new single edge razor blade, cut him off the rock. Off the rock you lay him down on a plate, slice through the center getting equal amounts of the mouth on both sides. Then cut those two pieces same way and you have 4 pieces. Place them in the tank on the sand out of high flow and they will start to repair themselves. They will attach to the sand in about a week. Take them out, use gloves for all of this. Take out a live rock chunk or rubble or a shell etc. Dab it dry with a paper towel, dab the underside of the ric. dry too. Using superglue GEL, apply the glue, stick on the frag. cover them with a damp paper towel (damp from the tank) and let the glue set up for 2-3 minutes. Take the paper towel off, replace rocks with newly attached rics. back into the tank and within a week or so they will be round again and start to grow larger.
doesn't that hurt the coral?
Fragging is very easy. Take a new single edge razor blade, cut him off the rock. Off the rock you lay him down on a plate, slice through the center getting equal amounts of the mouth on both sides. Then cut those two pieces same way and you have 4 pieces. Place them in the tank on the sand out of high flow and they will start to repair themselves. They will attach to the sand in about a week. Take them out, use gloves for all of this. Take out a live rock chunk or rubble or a shell etc. Dab it dry with a paper towel, dab the underside of the ric. dry too. Using superglue GEL, apply the glue, stick on the frag. cover them with a damp paper towel (damp from the tank) and let the glue set up for 2-3 minutes. Take the paper towel off, replace rocks with newly attached rics. back into the tank and within a week or so they will be round again and start to grow larger.
doesn't that hurt the coral?
demartini
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Originally Posted by sig45
oops, my point was their all over the place here in florida.
I know! and you pay a hell of alot less! the guy was only charging me $25 then this other guy was like "are you sure? I thought the orange was $40" I was like whaaat no I want the first price lol...I still think $25 is high but hey I 'll pay it.
oops, my point was their all over the place here in florida.
I know! and you pay a hell of alot less! the guy was only charging me $25 then this other guy was like "are you sure? I thought the orange was $40" I was like whaaat no I want the first price lol...I still think $25 is high but hey I 'll pay it.