Fragging zoo's

[UntamedBreez]

Got some green dragon eyes....I think thats the name green on dark green with neon green centers....anyway they have taken over the piece of lr I had them on...and it's time frag

never fragged zoos before...
I tried cutting a polyp off and ended up squshing it........so I stopped...

so I'm sure that someone has covered this before but the search isnt working right now...

I think I know the basic scrap piece off the mother rock
super glue it to rock...or I could be way way off on this.

Help or link please!!!

 

[Bud's Reef]

Here's a good article. Don't ignore the safety warnings. http://www.zoaid.com/articles003.php

 

[UntamedBreez]

Thanks!

 

[talon4x4]

Great article!!! Thanks for posting the link!!!

 

[DurTBear]

Yeah, I agree that's a great article and have referred to it several times. However, I was wondering if anyone has any good tips on actually peeling the zoanthid mat off of the rock. I've tried using a scalpel to do that but I seem to be having a hard time getting the mat off cleanly. For some reason, I feel like I'm shredding the mat as I do this. Maybe I'm just not that skilled but does anyone have any advice/tips? Thanks.

 

[c.rob]

I use a chisle to scrape some rock off as well as the mat. Super glue the frag to another rock. I will say that that works great on live rock like Fiji. It doesn't work to well on smooth or very hard rock like marble or limestone.

 

[DurTBear]

A chisel sounds like a good idea. On smooth rocks covered in coralline algae (or reef plugs), the scalpel works pretty well. However, with a jagged rock, it's hard to use the scalpel because it obviously doesn't conform to the topography of the rock. I'll try the chisel next time.