how to frag monster platygyrus?

[psyrob]

I posted this in the Reef Discussion forum, but thought you all might have good advice...

I have this old platygyrus that is starting to encroach on other corals. i want to frag it, but it has fused to the walls and i can't take it out. see pic. the second pic shows where i want to frag this guy, right now i am trying to keep him at bay with rubble topped with mushrooms, but that is not doing the trick...

I have the standard fragging scissors, but i am afraid i would need twenty cuts and i would bang into corals, break off my branching monti and porites which are near by and make a big mess. Maybe that is the only way, but i am looking for suggestions for underwater fragging of a eight inch section of this guy...a drywall saw? that seems crazy, but I am thinking I need the equivalent of a bandsaw type motion...

 

[psyrob]

thanks, I guess I wasn't clear...I can't get this guy out of the water, he has fused to the back wall and multiple pieces of the live rock...anyone with experience fragging big pieces under water?

 

[ati70cutlass]

there is always the use of a keyhole saw. used in drywall....

 

[psyrob]

yes, the keyhole saw, I was thinking of something like that...it would be a brutal process, no doubt. I think I will try the bone cutters first then a keyhole saw...thanks guys

 

[psyrob]

Maybe this isn't that big of a mystery to go forward, but a bump one more time...

 

[sqwat]

i dont now how to do this in a show tank but i would guess good shears