Non-fragging Corals

mrdc

mrdc

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I thought it would be fun and informative to list corals that aren't meant for fragging. Some may be listed that may be argued can be fragged. Anyway, I will start and this one is a guess since I don't have much experience in fragging.
I'm going to say a plate coral cannot be fragged.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by mrdc
http:///forum/post/3236396
I thought it would be fun and informative to list corals that aren't meant for fragging. Some may be listed that may be argued can be fragged. Anyway, I will start and this one is a guess since I don't have much experience in fragging.
I'm going to say a plate coral cannot be fragged.

Interesting thread...I know nothing about fragging so I am just going to follow along for the ride and try and learn something...my guess is that all coral can be fragged, it is just a matter of how to do it....
 
mrdc

mrdc

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Originally Posted by BTLDreef
http:///forum/post/3236664
Bubble Coral - very difficult to frag and really NOT recommended.
Never seen how to do one and have no clue how to do it. I just want mine to grow yet I don't see how to grow it off the frag rock it comes on.
 
jaxfishgirl

jaxfishgirl

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Originally Posted by mrdc
http:///forum/post/3236687
Dang, I don't know if I could do that!

I killed mine by cracking it with an algae scraper and they are using a dremil!

Can someone throw me a couple of plates so I can experiment?
yeah, I was suprised too.
 
btldreef

btldreef

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I think Kraylen on this site has a video posted of how he fragged a plate coral with a tile saw. CRAZY
Bubble Corals are slow growers unless you power feed them, and even then, they still don't grow that fast.
To frag them you're supposed to slowly wedge them apart or something like that. I've never really read that in depth about it, but most people I've seen on forums that attempt it end up failing miserably.
 
kraylen

kraylen

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Plate corals can be fragged via razor blade and hammer, dremel, or some sort of wet saw.
I have propagated many things that normally are not propagated. Brain corals, scolymias, fungia and cycloseris :)
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Originally Posted by Kraylen
http:///forum/post/3236924
Plate corals can be fragged via razor blade and hammer, dremel, or some sort of wet saw.
I have propagated many things that normally are not propagated. Brain corals, scolymias, fungia and cycloseris :)
That's because you're crazy!
I've seen your vids.
How long does it take for your scoly's to fully grow in after you frag them? My LFS is selling candy apple scoly's that he fragged and are doing great for like $80 as opposed to the $250+ they normally go for.
Have you attempted the bubble coral fragging yet? I'd be interested to see what sort of luck you have with it. Most of the people I've seen do it are too new to the hobby and shouldn't be fragging anything
 
mrdc

mrdc

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Originally Posted by Kraylen
http:///forum/post/3236924
Plate corals can be fragged via razor blade and hammer, dremel, or some sort of wet saw.
I have propagated many things that normally are not propagated. Brain corals, scolymias, fungia and cycloseris :)
Do you still have any links to your fragging videos?
 
mrdc

mrdc

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Thanks. Good stuff though I don't think I will chance fragging anything that way. I'm sure that I would lose my coral or my thumbs with the tile saw!!
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Originally Posted by mrdc
http:///forum/post/3237131
Thanks. Good stuff though I don't think I will chance fragging anything that way. I'm sure that I would lose my coral or my thumbs with the tile saw!!

I've done a couple with a tile saw, it's not too bad. Only done favia and acans for the most part though. Everything else I've fragges is with a razor blade or dremel. The dremel, in my opinion, is much harder.
 
mrdc

mrdc

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Also, I was wondering what was written on his left hand in the first video from the link you provided. I thought maybe a tat but wasn't sure.
 
jaxfishgirl

jaxfishgirl

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It's another reef forum. i won't post the name, since it's ILLEGAL. lol, I had to pause it a couple of times to see it.
 
kraylen

kraylen

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Everything that I fragged did well so far... the only one that is having trouble is half of the cycloseris(plate coral)due to it not being mounted on a frag disc. Plate corals don't like to be glued down since the back of them is actually part of the coral itself. Super glue can burn plate corals so I dont mount them.
My lawnmower blenny kept burying one of the plate halves... it no likey!
Other than that, the corals are doing great. The scolymia is already healed and growing down the cut side, and I am about to have a small piece to cut off to form a 3rd, baby scolymia.
:)
 
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