Fragging Hammers

[FxdupCobra]

I have a colony of Hammer Corals and wanted to know if i could cut them in half. The base is one large piece (4 inches by 2 inches).

 

[RA]

Do you have a wall hammer or branching hammer?

 

[AFU]

Yes you can frag them its alot easier to frag the branching hammer than the wall hammer bc of the branches. But let us know.

 

[reefer999]

Do you have a wall hammer or branching hammer?

+1 just let us know, so you get the right advice

 

[MARINECRITTERS]

Branching, you just cut the heads from the base with something like a bone cutter, the wall species most be fragged with some sort of saw, BTW the wall species does not have the protruding calcium bases.

 

[FxdupCobra]

Sorry my computer was down. They are wall hammers (one base) not branching.

What do you guys think?

 

[RA]

I think it's too small to cut it in half.

 

[kingfisher62]

I would not risk it. How ever you cut it there will be tissue damage and a chance of fungus,decay, infection and such.

I believe i read something about wrapping an elastic band around a wall hammer and letting the gentle pressure of the band kind of cut thru the tissue over a couple of weeks then you can cut with a saw with out endangering the tissue.
Please research this method, i could be wrong!


Pick your self up some branching varieties and then you can go frag crazy.