Fragging E. ancora

[downbeach]

Anyone know the best way to frag these little guys off the base of the parent?

 

[Xavier613]

Hey Jim,

Unless there is a stalk base to those guys that is skeleton and not flesh, I do not think you can frag them just yet. If there is a hard skeleton showing at the base of the baby heads then it is as simple as using your coral clippers to snap them off.

Xavier

 

[downbeach]

Hey Jim,

Unless there is a stalk base to those guys that is skeleton and not flesh, I do not think you can frag them just yet. If there is a hard skeleton showing at the base of the baby heads then it is as simple as using your coral clippers to snap them off.

Xavier

I was actually thinking I could cut around each one with some kind of a knife, and peel them off the rock, and glue them to a frag plug. But, without any experience with this, I don't want to harm them.

 

[dnov99]

I would use an inland bandsaw.

 

[Hawkeye]

really beautiful coral Jim!

 

[downbeach]

really beautiful coral Jim!

Thanks Phil, I had to take that picture early, before the polyps get too extended, you can't see those juveniles after about an hour of lights on.

 

[downbeach]

I would use an inland bandsaw.

Thanks for the thought, but I was looking for something a little more "surgical" than that. They're only about the size of a quarter at this point. Ultimately, like Xavier said, I'll have to wait until they form some kind of a skeleton before I can trim them off the rock.

 

[falconut]

Yeah, I think you have to wait a little Jim.

 

[sjfishguy]

I have a dremel you can use if you want. I would wait though as others have said

 

[TanksNStuff]

I have a dremel with a diamond blade too Jim. Let me know when you're ready to frag and we'll take care of it.

 

[NyteGTI]

lemme know when you do frag it, i'd definitely take a frag. beautiful jim