Frag's

[Manxy_Reefer]

Hi Everyone,

I have a good sized piece of finger leather coral, i was wondering if i am able to cut a frag off it... is there anything specific i should aviod when fragging corals?

any advice would be great.

tom

[stu1210]

Hi tom..

I fragged my finger leather this very weekend..

What i did was cut the coral and the rock it sat on in 2 with my dremel...

then after fragging i rinsed the coral off in some tank water from the main tank to remove any secretions and placed both section back into the tank...

3 hours later both pieces have extended their polyps and are looking great...

Just make sure you cut from top to bottom and get fingers and footprint on both sides...

Hope this helps...

[Tony B]

If you can, remove the coral before fragging as soft corals can "leak" a lot when chopped up. I use a sharp stanley blade.

I used cable ties to re-attache to rock.

[Manxy_Reefer]

The rock the coral is on isnt that big, its kinda drooping and growing all over the place, which is why im keen to chop it up a bit.. Do you think i would be ok just aking a stanley blade and slicing off a good sized peice and attaching it to a bit of live rock ?

[stu1210]

There are better people on here who should be able to give some help but i have told if you get part of the footprint then it has a higher chance of survival...

You could try glueing to a new piece of LR... I don't grasp the concept of using cable ties or fishing line...

Could someone clear that up!?...

[Manxy_Reefer]

I presume that the cable ties/fishing line is simply to hold it to the LR, then hopefully the frag will start to attach itself to the rock? kinda like growing roots?

[neilharris]

You can also just use an elastic band to secure it to a rock. After a week it sould have attached to the rock and you can remove the band.

Good luck. O yes, remember to cut it outside the tank. If it is large, it could cause problems if done in the tank.

[Manxy_Reefer]

Cheers for the advice, ive left the tank alone tonight as one of my ikkle clowns managed to get through the wier and got stuck in the filter.. he/she is very tramatised at the mo so thought id best just feed them and leave them alone! god knows how it got stuck where it did!

[stu1210]

So you can wrap an elastic band around the new frag!?

wouldn't this stress the coral? causing it to not open!?...

I think i am over cautious when it comes to corals...

[alanwsg]

You can use an elastic band to hold it down, I've used this method with good results.
The band needs to be pretty loose, just enough to hold the frag in place but not 'squeeze' it much.

[Maynard]

Hi all,
I'm interseted in trying out the super glue method, yet the simplicity of it seems just too easy. Take frag and rock out of water, blob of superglue gel on each, rinse in some old tank water and put newly attached frag back in. Nothing in life is that simple surely? Well not in mine anyway lol.

[carl]

I must admit I have tried the superglue route on a number of occasions for softies and it has never work with any great success. I take to sewing mine to the rock now and have much better results.