Sps fraging tips

[mario420]

I have a green stag with blue tips that is growing very well in my tank. I need to cut it down. I am going to cut the branches and frag them. I have not yet tried to frag SPS coral. My plan is cut the coral, glue it to plugs then put the plugs in a frag rack about half way up the tank.

My main question is there anything I should dose to aid in healing of the fresh cut coral. Any tips people would be willing to share.

If I cut a branch in half will the remaining half heal and continue growing in the tank?

Currently I i dose is BRS 2 part, and Korallen-Zucht Amino Acid Concentrate LPS.

Thanks

 

[alexgv14]

It should heal fine, but some people add a few drops of iodine in a bucket and dip the corals into the iodine solution to also help with the healing process.

 

[mario420]

thanks for the reply. lugols or something less concentrated?

 

[Raceimage]

Frags grow better if they are mounted on their side rather than gluing the cut end to the plug.

 

[Reefvet]

Frags grow better if they are mounted on their side rather than gluing the cut end to the plug.

No they don't. Look at any online retailer of frags and you won't see a single acro frag laying on it's side.

I've been growing and fragging SPS for 20+ years. Cut or break off, superglue to a plug and put it in similar flow and lighting conditions to the colony and call it a day.

 

[MdgtRac]

Yea I have to agree, if the frags grew better that way, why do you not see every acro glued sideways?

 

[organism]

No they don't. Look at any online retailer of frags and you won't see a single acro frag laying on it's side.

I've been growing and fragging SPS for 20+ years. Cut or break off, superglue to a plug and put it in similar flow and lighting conditions to the colony and call it a day.

+1 on everything, also gluing corals on their side is a great way to not see any vertical growth on them for a few months...

I wouldn't go with any iodine, it's not meant to be used as a prophylactic to prevent infections, it's to treat infections or issues that are already there. The last thing you want to do with a newly cut SPS is stress it out any more than it needs to by exposing it to a toxic dose of iodine. Like Reefvet said, just clip and glue it down.

For some other tips I'd recommend using superglue accelerator since it helps you use less to glue them down, and also when you go to cut the coral with the shears a good plan is to grip the coral and then turn your wrist to break off a piece as opposed squeezing on the shears.

 

[mario420]

thank you. I got your video also thank you

 

[Dapg8gt]

Agreed with everything above. Don't worry about it they are a lot more resilient than some make them out to be and fragging is pretty easy unless your dealing with small branched smooth skinned variety or delicate species like red dragon etc..

The iodine while fragging is mostly used for zoanthids and not sps fwiw.