arkman
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I bought a Colt frag on Friday - super excited - my 1st frag!
I thought i'd secure it with a toothpick through the "trunk" and then rubber band the toothpick to a rock on each side - I saw something similar on this site and it seemed like the right idea...problem is I used the wrong type of toothpick (plastic, kinda triangular) and the coral wasn't able to close the hole. It may have been is too much current, but the polyps weren't extneding in less so I moved it.
SO....my next bright idea was to "pot" it - put a ring (<1" dia)aroung the base and secure it to a rock by taking the rubberband around the rock and through the "v" in the coral. Seemesd like another good idea until I come home anf find that the ring has popped off the rock and the coral is now being crushed to the rock by the rubberband...
1/2 of the frag looks great, the other, well, not so much... the cut base is not secured to anythng, its more like the side of the trunk being held to the rock by a rubberband.
Will the coral secure on its side? I think im just stessing the whole thing out every time I mess with it... any reccomendations?
I thought i'd secure it with a toothpick through the "trunk" and then rubber band the toothpick to a rock on each side - I saw something similar on this site and it seemed like the right idea...problem is I used the wrong type of toothpick (plastic, kinda triangular) and the coral wasn't able to close the hole. It may have been is too much current, but the polyps weren't extneding in less so I moved it.
SO....my next bright idea was to "pot" it - put a ring (<1" dia)aroung the base and secure it to a rock by taking the rubberband around the rock and through the "v" in the coral. Seemesd like another good idea until I come home anf find that the ring has popped off the rock and the coral is now being crushed to the rock by the rubberband...
1/2 of the frag looks great, the other, well, not so much... the cut base is not secured to anythng, its more like the side of the trunk being held to the rock by a rubberband.
Will the coral secure on its side? I think im just stessing the whole thing out every time I mess with it... any reccomendations?
