Fragging Students'

[tangboy]

Was covering the Cnidarian Phylum today and saw that several of my students started to yawn, doze or just ignore my most wonderful lecture on medusa and polyp body forms of many common Cnidarian.

So that is when I brought out the razor blade!

Showed how coral can reproduce/spread asexually by fragging. After a demo with some zoas I have in my 8g BC in the classroom and talking about toxins released and safety measures, I had several of my students attempt to slice and dice a couple shrooms (slice in half through mouth of a loose shroom and also cutting a shroom off a stalk in hopes of the base growing a new head) and slicing a Cabbage Leather piece in two to provide 2 fingers.

Needless to say, I had their attention and one student is showing interest in the hobby!

 

[Flavum]

Where were you when I was in school! Thats awesome = )

 

[tangboy]

I did it a couple of years ago in my biology class with Pulsing Xenia.... we accumulated about 15 frags and of course the stalks grow like weeds so, we had some fun and a girl who thought she couldn't do medical is working on nursing after finding that cutting through stuff isn't so bad!

 

[Spongie]

That's awesome. Next time break out the dremel and do some acan fragging.

 

[macclellan]

Neat!

 

[tangboy]

If I had some Acans, I would... I was promised some but I have yet to see them

 

[Spongie]

Did I promise you some?

 

[tangboy]

sure

 

[Flavum]

ah I think that was me aaaan I killed all of my cans. Sorry Buddy I can give something else though.

 

[tangboy]

dude how you kill all of you cans? That sounds... like my tank crash last summer :/ What ya growing now? And how is work going these days? Still at the store up north?

 

[Flavum]

ouch sorry o hear about the crash, happens to the best of us. Ha yea I think i just blasted them with light, they did not appreciate it . I did have one still going that I got from spongie but He decided to hang out right in the middle of a chalice....

Mostly chalices and favia sp. I would have to cut but dont mind doing so. I have a frag plug of purple deaths I would gladly give = )

yep still at the am, its going well. come up and see us if your in this neck of the woods.

 

[tangboy]

When I get my 40 up and running again I will take ya up on the purple deaths, they always had a nice look to em.

Sorry about your cans, were you MH them to death?

 

[macclellan]

When I first saw this thread title I thought you were fragging your students.

 

[Flavum]

yea 150 watt mh maybe 4 inches above the water and supplemental t5's

 

[EvilMel]

I want purple deaths. Russell I'm finally ready.

 

[Flavum]

alright mel let me know when ya want them and Ill bring them by the store