how to frag frogspawn?

[treesprite]

I want to frag off a couple "babies" that are growing out of the stem of my frogspawn and am wondering if someone can tell me how to do it and what I should use. Anyone?

[shawns]

i would just dremel the skeleton.

 

personal experience:

a rock fell on my colony and broke a head in half! i took the half that detached and epoxied it to a frag plug. it still had some flesh on it and it is now doing well!

 

side note:

frogspawn is pretty bulletproof as long as there is some flesh still attached.

 

have fun!!!

[luceneck]

I want to frag off a couple "babies" that are growing out of the stem of my frogspawn and am wondering if someone can tell me how to do it and what I should use. Anyone?

 

If they are the tiny heads that grow off the side you can snap them off near the base and super glue them somewhere else. I broke off of a few heads accidentally and I just glued them onto the frag base.

Edited April 17, 2008 by luceneck

[treesprite]

If they are the tiny heads that grow off the side you can snap them off near the base and super glue them somewhere else. I broke off of a few heads accidentally and I just glued them onto the frag base.

That's what they are. I don't have any plan to go out buying a dremmel just to frag them off. I was thinking these are small enough to snip off with a new cable cutter, but just wasn't sure if that would work or if it would kill something.... I'm a coral noob you know.

[luceneck]

That's what they are. I don't have any plan to go out buying a dremmel just to frag them off. I was thinking these are small enough to snip off with a new cable cutter, but just wasn't sure if that would work or if it would kill something.... I'm a coral noob you know.

 

No need for cutters, you could snap them off with your fingers or some needle nose pliers.

[Guest MikeInFredVA]

No need for cutters, you could snap them off with your fingers or some needle nose pliers.

you can get a dremmel to wally world for $10

if you wanted o go that route

[luceneck]

you can get a dremmel to wally world for $10

if you wanted o go that route

 

 

Agreed! I use those for the larger heads, but I was assuming that the post above was in reference to the tiny little heads that are about the size of a tic tac. If this is not the case (meaning that the hard skeleton is larger than a pencil width), then I would use the dremel method mentioned above with a diamond coated blade.

Edited April 17, 2008 by luceneck

[Guest MikeInFredVA]

Agreed! I use those for the larger heads, but I was assuming that the post above was in reference to the tiny little heads that are about the size of a tic tac. If this is not the case (meaning that the hard skeleton is larger than a pencil width), then I would use the dremel method mentioned above with a diamond coated blade.

I love these forums, i'm gonna try this method. never tried it before, learn something new everyday.

 

Mike

[Brian Ward]

Fragging Euphyllia sp.:

 

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/fotm/index.php

[st9z]

WOW... thanks for the info Brian!