how to?

[saltwater6900]

how do you frag zoas? i have a rock that has to many on it they cant spread anymore so i want to spread. are there any good ways

 

[js_bass]

is tomanyon a type, idontknow. lol

 

[Ebmorri]

You can put small bits of LR next to the zoa's and they will spread then you can move the rock or the quicker way is to cut under the mat and then glue them to a new rock. I've also have just ripped them apart adn glued them.

Also most would say where gloves becuase of toxins.

 

[musty baby]

Hit it with a hammer. Hard. Then cut apart the broken chunks strung together with zoanthids with a razor. Ta-Da!

Or, hammer + screwdriver.

Or, hammer + chisel.

Or, your fingernail (to scrape a chunk off) + rubberband + piece of live rock.

Zoanthids are damned near invincible. Any way you can divide them they'll be happy with.

 

[tibbs2]

I use one of those, uh , can't think of the name right now. It looks like a pencil with a razorblade on the end of it.

Anyway, you take one of those, cut the tissue you want. Then cut beneath the zoa, making sure to take a thin layer of rock with it. Then glue it down to a frag plug.

Or you can do the hammertime method as stated above. It's pretty hard to kill zoas.

 

[heartben]

tibbs.. i would call it a hobby knife.

if i were to frag zoas, i would cut my section with a hobby knife (i just like the handle, vs a scraper blade with no handle) and then peel it up.. they are pretty hard to kill im sure, but if you can be a little more exact or gentle the faster they will heal up and grow. (or so ive been told, with any coral)

good luck!

 

[heartben]

oh - its also sometimes called an xacto (sp?) knife (which is a brand)

 

[saltwater6900]

thanks a bunch every one i just did the cutting under them and a few or already out so i think it worked so thanks again

 

[Bullet]

I can't take it anymore saltwater6900.....is that you in your avatar or did you just use a random picture of a guy with a bunch of muscles?

 

[ToTaLCHaoS13]

I've been dying to ask that too!

 

[saltwater6900]

i wish it was me lol

 

[calebjk]

i just thought it was him with a big muscle suit. the head doesn't fit the body.

 

[tibbs2]

That's a picture of myself. Where did you get it?!

 

[js_bass]

It is marius pudzianowski, worlds strongest man winner, about 4 times.

http://www.realdutchpower.nl/nieuwsoverzicht2003/mariusz3.jpg

 

[Debbie2]

Trust me....with those abs....the head doesn't have to fit!!!

 

[Bullet]

I used to have a washboard stomach! Now I have about 20 pounds of laundry to do