Help please. What is the best way to frag these three coals?

[tangtang clown]

Chalice

Green with purple rim montipora

Frogs pawn

FTS

I've been looking into getting a wet band saw. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you

 

[Mark9]

Those are way too nice to frag.

 

[tangtang clown]

Thank you. I appreciate it. I am very found of them but do not want to sell them whole as I want to kept part of it and let it continue to grow. If I don't figure out a way to frag them, and am going to need a 300 gallon tank upgrade. I'm ready for the upgrade, but was figuring I can spread the number of coral frags around my area and still keep a few for me.

 

[joshky]

How long did that frogspawn take to grow that large? Great showpiece size colonies, wish you didn't have to frag them. Good luck!

 

[skippy2]

I agree that frogspawn is amazing. How many heads is it and how many heads did it start out from?

 

[jccaclimber]

To answer the original question: Frogspawn you can cut (or carefully break) through the skeleton well below the end of the tissue. Epoxy the stub onto a plate and you're set.

The chalice and montipora you can cut with either bone cutters (less control),a band saw (more control), a hack saw, a gentle tap with a hammer, etc. You may not have full control over the frag shape, but it will continue growing.

 

[Sk8r]

You can usually hand-break a euphyllia, or use a small fine saw. Montipora will easily hand-frag. I'm surprised you haven't broken bits while cleaning.

 

[tangtang clown]

I have had the Frogs pawn for five to six years and the chalice and Monti got about three. FS was maybe 10-15 heads when I got it, but the other two were small frags given to me by a friend.

My other option is to get a larger tank.

Either option would be fun.

 

[tangtang clown]

You can usually hand-break a euphyllia, or use a small fine saw. Montipora will easily hand-frag. I'm surprised you haven't broken bits while cleaning.

Exactly, sometimes it will grow too much on one side and it will lean or fall over, usually resulting in some "extra pieces"

Right now I am looking for a bigger tank and shopping around for wet bands saws. I guess it will come down to the cost of the bands saw and the time to cut glue grow sale frags

Versus

Investing in bigger tank and set up, planning, installing, and moving the live stock, and finally selling the old set up.

Does anyone know where I can get a bigger setup lol

 

[SammyL]

I have had the Frogs pawn for five to six years and the chalice and Monti got about three. FS was maybe 10-15 heads when I got it, but the other two were small frags given to me by a friend.

My other option is to get a larger tank.

Either option would be fun.

Get a bigger tank!

 

[tangtang clown]

Get a bigger tank!

That was my initial thought SammyL.

Make the upgrade to a larger setup and get a second chance to fix some of the plumbing issues I have had with my current (second custom setup) to make it easier to remove and clean the sump skimmer etc.

My first thoughts of fragging hatched from wanting to keep the larger coral alive and to prevent them from attacking each other. If I do frag out portions of my coral, I will have to recoup the cost of what ever tool I need, glue, frag plugs, etc......

I like the fact that fragging can potentially increase the number of corals available which in turn could decrease the demand to take natural corals from their natural environment. (I know this may be a fairy tale scenario, kind of like driving a prius to help prevent oil from being extracted from the earth, but it would maybe feel cool to know that I contributed LOL)

Now its time to way the costs of tools needed to frag VS the cost to upgrade to a much larger tank :thumbsup: