ONE unhappy frogspawn

[reefkprz]

I took this picture when I was glueing the skeleton to a rock to lift it because I have about 8-9 little head growing on the stalk and I wanted to make sure they dont get smothered, I had it stuck in the sand. I couldnt resist taking this picture it looks so pathetic.
(notice in the picture I'm being bad, I forgot to wear gloves)

 

[cyclops]

will it be ok. I mean it looks like it is a dead? how long can you keep it out of water.

 

[monalisa]

Originally Posted by reefkprZ
I took this picture when I was glueing the skeleton to a rock to lift it because I have about 8-9 little head growing on the stalk and I wanted to make sure they dont get smothered, I had it stuck in the sand. I couldnt resist taking this picture it looks so pathetic.
(notice in the picture I'm being bad, I forgot to wear gloves)
reefkprz, what exactly are you doing with the frogspawn? Are you fragging it? If so, please, please let me know how you're going about it. I have a fs that needs fragging in a bad way. I don't know how to go about doing it though. Mine had about 12 good heads, but it is now down to about 8 or 9. I don't know if it just got too big for my tank or what. I've tried feeding different things which seems to help the heads that are left. Water changes help as well, but that's something that I've always done. My last resort to save the little bugger is to frag it. :help:
Thanks in advance.
Lisa :happyfish

 

[puffer32]

I had 3 very large stalks on mine and when open, was the size of a melon, it kept touching near by corals. So I just took a hammer and chisle and whacked off one of the heads and did a coral swap with another reefer. Here is a pic of it after I fraged it.

 

[monalisa]

Originally Posted by puffer32
I had 3 very large stalks on mine and when open, was the size of a melon, it kept touching near by corals. So I just took a hammer and chisle and whacked off one of the heads and did a coral swap with another reefer. Here is a pic of it after I fraged it.

A hammer and chisel? Is it that hard to break?
Lisa :happyfish

 

[stanlalee]

looks like a happy frogspawn to me. anytime I take my Euphyllia's out of water they retract to nearly nothing showing from the skeleton. yours are still way out like they are still drifting in the ocean current.

 

[puffer32]

The chisle was to make sure it broke off the whole head, not just a piece of it, the hammer is conveinent, it wassn't that hard, just a slight whack.

 

[madman33]

i used my hands...not sure if its good for the coral or not donig that way but all my peices are still alive.

 

[emeralcrab]

I have used a little saw, that works great, fast and it frag's where you want it to.

 

[reefkprz]

Originally Posted by MonaLisa
reefkprz, what exactly are you doing with the frogspawn? Are you fragging it? If so, please, please let me know how you're going about it. I have a fs that needs fragging in a bad way. I don't know how to go about doing it though. Mine had about 12 good heads, but it is now down to about 8 or 9. I don't know if it just got too big for my tank or what. I've tried feeding different things which seems to help the heads that are left. Water changes help as well, but that's something that I've always done. My last resort to save the little bugger is to frag it. :help:
Thanks in advance.
Lisa :happyfish
I usually use bone cutters to snip my hard corals, all I'm doing in the picture is glueing the stalk to the rock to lift the base out of the sand.
asicly to frag a frogs spawn all you do is break it, with snips a saw chisle or however, at a section where it branches then pat the base that your going to glue down dry with paper towel pat the rock your glueing it to dry as well and use super glue gel (cyanoacrylate based glue) to glue it. done deal, easy as pie.

 

[rad]

You could also try PVC cutters, if whacking isnt your thing.

 

[gnorman]

i know this is out of the subject but on the first post he said he was being bad by not wearing gloves....are frogspawns poisonous or something?

 

[reefkprz]

not poisonous but every coral has tons of bacteria living on it like vibrio and many others, plus some corals can sting ad cause rashes in sensitive people I am a big advocater of using gloves.