Travis L. Stevens
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Fragging a Bubble Coral (Plerogyra sinuosa)
Prepartions Before Fragging
Before you start fragging, you'll need a few supplies. Here is a short list of things that you will need.
Personal Protection
Goggles or Safety Glasses: To protect your eyes from flying debris and spray
Dust Mask: To protect your nose, throat, and lungs from flying debris, dust, and spray
Gloves: To protect your hands in case any tools accidently slip
Other: Things like towels, wipes, hydrocortizone if you get stung, etc will be good to have near by.
Fragging Tools
Rotary Tool with a Cutting Wheel: Used for cutting through the hard skeleton of the coral
Prying Tool (IE Chisel, Screwdriver, etc): Used for the final break of the skeleton
Razor Blade: Used for cutting tissue
Other: Things like bowls, extra water, frag mounts, etc come in handy.
Selecting the Specimen
Choosing a healthy and vibrant specimen is crucial to the survival rate of the frags. In this case, we chose a very nice neon green Bubble Coral. Let's call him Mr. Bubbles.
Preparing the Specimen
After selecting the best coral, we'll need to aggitate the coral so that it deflates and retracts into its skeleton. This will decrease the chance that it will damage itself as you take it out of the water and handle it. After causing it to retract, carefully take the coral out of the aquarium and into a bowl with aquarium water in it.
If you would like to clean up any extra rock or skeleton on the coral, now would be the time to do it. We chose to clean the bottom up.
Prepartions Before Fragging
Before you start fragging, you'll need a few supplies. Here is a short list of things that you will need.
Personal Protection
Goggles or Safety Glasses: To protect your eyes from flying debris and spray
Dust Mask: To protect your nose, throat, and lungs from flying debris, dust, and spray
Gloves: To protect your hands in case any tools accidently slip
Other: Things like towels, wipes, hydrocortizone if you get stung, etc will be good to have near by.
Fragging Tools
Rotary Tool with a Cutting Wheel: Used for cutting through the hard skeleton of the coral
Prying Tool (IE Chisel, Screwdriver, etc): Used for the final break of the skeleton
Razor Blade: Used for cutting tissue
Other: Things like bowls, extra water, frag mounts, etc come in handy.
Selecting the Specimen
Choosing a healthy and vibrant specimen is crucial to the survival rate of the frags. In this case, we chose a very nice neon green Bubble Coral. Let's call him Mr. Bubbles.
![AdamBubbleOpen.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi11.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa184%2FTravisStevens%2FAquariums%2FSaltwater%2FOthers%2FAdam%2FAdamBubbleOpen.jpg&hash=2ae7af20c260ab7b409aa173c674c17c)
Preparing the Specimen
After selecting the best coral, we'll need to aggitate the coral so that it deflates and retracts into its skeleton. This will decrease the chance that it will damage itself as you take it out of the water and handle it. After causing it to retract, carefully take the coral out of the aquarium and into a bowl with aquarium water in it.
![BubbleBefore.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi11.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa184%2FTravisStevens%2FAquariums%2FFragging%2FBubble%2520Coral%2FBubbleBefore.jpg&hash=e4d5af58c939ea2c58ed9f92d74a15e1)
If you would like to clean up any extra rock or skeleton on the coral, now would be the time to do it. We chose to clean the bottom up.
![BubbleCleaning.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi11.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa184%2FTravisStevens%2FAquariums%2FFragging%2FBubble%2520Coral%2FBubbleCleaning.jpg&hash=877fdb252eb68100182dffed86e70f19)
![BubbleCleaned.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi11.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa184%2FTravisStevens%2FAquariums%2FFragging%2FBubble%2520Coral%2FBubbleCleaned.jpg&hash=35a12c20d674869cab8453ac7863f6a7)
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