fragging duncan

[telamont]

hi i have a duncan coral it is not branching though. its got a small hard base that isnt much larger than half an inch long or wide but the polyps on this thing are HUGE. can i frag it like a xenia?

just cut flesh and attach it to a rock with a rubber band and a toothpick or something? This duncan doesnt have long branching stalks making it easy to cut. anyone have experience or know what kind of duncan im talking about? ive got a pic to post once lights are on ><

thanks for the help.

 

[telamont]

maybe i dremel the hard skeleton and scalpel the rest?

 

[Maaka]

If I was you I wouldn't worry about fragging it yet. not until it has more of a hard skeleton to cut off and frag. But with a lps corral you would not want to cut the soft part of it like a soft coral. You would cut through the hard skeleton and reattach it on a plug and let it grow.

 

[xcorallusx]

why do you want to frag it? That piece is still pretty small, I would wait till it gets larger.

 

[ThatAquariumKid]

The way i do it is with a sharp sterol pare of dykes. make a quick hard squeeze and it should just cut right through. with this method i have had a 95 percent survival rate when glues to a frag plug. hope this helps.

 

[Mxx]

The way i do it is with a sharp sterol pare of dykes. make a quick hard squeeze and it should just cut right through. with this method i have had a 95 percent survival rate when glues to a frag plug. hope this helps.

Hey, keep it clean here when describing your fraggin exploits! The appropriate term is "lesbians"...

 

[xcorallusx]

lets be honest

 

[h.erectus]

If I was you I wouldn't worry about fragging it yet. not until it has more of a hard skeleton to cut off and frag. But with a lps corral you would not want to cut the soft part of it like a soft coral. You would cut through the hard skeleton and reattach it on a plug and let it grow.

This is def. the way you would want to do it! i would wait for it to grow a little more though!do you have branching or non branching?

 

[ddelozier]

to help duncans grow, target feed em every other day with Frozen Brine or Mysis Shrimp

 

[djmatteo]

+1 Duncans will grow fast with spot feeding
+1 To small to frag

Its fraggable dont get me wrong, but if something goes wrong you could easily lose the entire coral.. I would def let it get bigger.