Zoa and Paly fragging project!!!!!

[efishnsea]

Hey Everyone
Well I have heard all about fragging with super glue so I thought I would give it a try. I wanted to compile some of my favorite zoas and palys and glue them the a piece of tonga branch. A few were attached to some sort of material and others I sliced off of the mother colony via razor blade. I attached them using super glue gel, man that stuff is great for this. I took the specimen and cut a circle around the polyp and removed it as close to the rock as possible. I dried the spot on the tonga with a paper towel(just dabbed it a few times) where I was going to put the polyp and then dried the polyp bottom. I just dabbed it a few times with the paper towel and applied the glue to the base. I placed the polyp on the rock with just enough force to hold it inplace for 10 seconds and moved on to the next one. The whole process took 30 -40 min, I kept the fragged polyps in water untill I was ready to attach them and left the tonga branch on the table the whole time. All of the polyps with the exception of a couple opened the next day.
So for those of you thinking about doing some fragging I hope this helps.
Tell me what you think????
pics w/o flash
efish :happyfish nsea

 

[squishy]

awesome work that is on great lookin rock

 

[sign guy]

nice

 

[efishnsea]

Here is a couple more, yes I going to remove the button polyp. I know they get along with most zoas, but I have found them to be a pain in the butt...
pics with flash, just the atinicts on....

 

[squishy]

can't beat crazy glue for fraggin. Exellent work. What kind of lighting are you useing on your tank.

 

[efishnsea]

Originally Posted by Squishy
can't beat crazy glue for fraggin. Exellent work. What kind of lighting are you useing on your tank.
Thanks, I'm happy with it, I cant wait to try my blastos???
3 Coralvue 250w-10k, 4-96w 460nm atinicts.

 

[squishy]

Originally Posted by efishnsea
Thanks, I'm happy with it, I cant wait to try my blastos???
3 Coralvue 250w-10k, 4-96w 460nm atinicts.

Thanks

 

[efishnsea]

Originally Posted by Squishy
can't beat crazy glue for fraggin. Exellent work. What kind of lighting are you useing on your tank.
What lighting are u using for your tank??????

 

[squishy]

2 250watt 10k HQI aqua medic with 2 54watt attinics.

 

[gexkko]

Those are some absolutely amazing looking zoos. I hope the one tiny little polyp I found starts splitting to form some colonies (although they won't look like that, those are amazing colors).
The info is appreciated for the future if I ever decide to frag.

 

[eyebedam]

Those blues are awesome.

 

[efishnsea]

Originally Posted by Gexkko
Those are some absolutely amazing looking zoos. I hope the one tiny little polyp I found starts splitting to form some colonies (although they won't look like that, those are amazing colors).
The info is appreciated for the future if I ever decide to frag.
Thank you, it is really easy to do. Just remember to protect yourself from the zoa mucos. "wear gloves, eye protection, ect.)

 

[crox]

Originally Posted by efishnsea
Thank you, it is really easy to do. Just remember to protect yourself from the zoa mucos. "wear gloves, eye protection, ect.)

Why? I always frag my zoas with no protection. :notsure:

 

[crox]

I would like some of those blues and eagle eyes.........just in case you are willing to trade.

 

[big]

Great Blues

good job, but use gloves and eye protection.
Crox, The Zoo's can be super toxic. especially if you have any small cuts on your hands. Read the warning in Eric's book.

 

[seannmelly]

Are those tub blues??? Can you email me? melly3218@yahoo.com

 

[bcott]

Those blue zoas are great!