Unusual frags forsale

[MJAnderson]

Eric,

Mine detached itself. I noticed you rubberbanded the main colony but my frag was superglued. has the superglue held for everyone else?

 

[fambrough]

No, but this is common for softy frags not to be held by super glue. I got a frag of this from Erik (picked it up before the meeting) and it became unattached within a couple days. It actually separated into two peices (fine with me, I've got two frags now). One piece I re-glued and it's doing fine. The other piece, I've tucked into a place where the base is secure and it seems to have attached itself.

I am responding in part because I was recently (softly) chastized for the frags I distributed being glued and not fixed by another method. Rubber bands may be the preferred method as long as you don't pinch down hard on the coral. I have attached some by sewing through base of the frag with monofilament fishing line to a disk that I drilled small holes in (better to use rock, disks don't like to be drilled, they tend to break). This fishing line method has had mixed success depending, I think, upon how taut the line is tied.

Another method suggested to me, which I am going to try for future fragging of soft corals, is to position the cut end in sand or gravel (protected from too much flow). The coral with attach to bits of sand and gravel, which can then be easily glued to rock or plug or disk.

Hope this helps.

 

[johndawg]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11065215#post11065215 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fambrough

Another method suggested to me, which I am going to try for future fragging of soft corals, is to position the cut end in sand or gravel (protected from too much flow). The coral with attach to bits of sand and gravel, which can then be easily glued to rock or plug or disk.

Hope this helps.

Sorry to sidetrack the thread Eric, but....That is brilliant; I have so many "babies". Especially 'shrooms that are in the sand/gravel...I never thought to attach the gravel they are attached to...Thanks

 

[CleveYank]

making 2 to 4 notches with a junk saw blade so that a knotted loop or second loop 180 degrees will hold and will work on the disks with the monofilament line as well with care to not overtighten. With a simple sqaure knot below and around the peg part of the disk. Notches just need to be deep enough for mono to catch. You're not holding a 20 pound fish. Faster than drilling and will hold fine in a low current area.

 

[MJAnderson]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11065215#post11065215 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fambrough
No, but this is common for softy frags not to be held by super glue. I got a frag of this from Erik (picked it up before the meeting) and it became unattached within a couple days. It actually separated into two peices (fine with me, I've got two frags now). One piece I re-glued and it's doing fine. The other piece, I've tucked into a place where the base is secure and it seems to have attached itself.

I am responding in part because I was recently (softly) chastized for the frags I distributed being glued and not fixed by another method. Rubber bands may be the preferred method as long as you don't pinch down hard on the coral. I have attached some by sewing through base of the frag with monofilament fishing line to a disk that I drilled small holes in (better to use rock, disks don't like to be drilled, they tend to break). This fishing line method has had mixed success depending, I think, upon how taut the line is tied.

Another method suggested to me, which I am going to try for future fragging of soft corals, is to position the cut end in sand or gravel (protected from too much flow). The coral with attach to bits of sand and gravel, which can then be easily glued to rock or plug or disk.

Hope this helps.

Oddly mine split in two as well. I superglued one piece and I think I overdid it...it dissolved overnight. The other one is doing ok. When I fragged rics I put them in a dish with a bunch of rubble and put some netting over it. When they attached to a piece of rubble i then glued the rubble. But this frag seemed more upright and I was trying to keep it that way. I'll wa slooking around and saw someone stick a toothpick through the bottom then rubberbanded the toothpick to a rock. When the softie attaches, just snap off the toothpick. Not sure if I like the idea of a piece of wood stuck in my coral though.

 

[oldreefer76]

I will take a Gorg frag at the next meeting if you have any left

 

[Frick-n-Frags]

Hi Erik

nice critters.

 

[Kreeger1]

Jeff do you still have a tank up and running?

 

[aninjaatemyshoe]

Thanks for the frags Erik. They're very nice.

 

[Frick-n-Frags]

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yes I do. Bowser still lives, so I must keep one going (I bought Bowser exactly 14 years ago now, so soon he will be 15). crazy.
but that's why I have to.

I just purged the valonia plague which was taking its toll, so we'll see what survives the total stripping of all the LR and replacing it with some from the sump.

seriously, valonia wins as thee most problem algae ever IME. first time in all these years an algae beat me. I laugh at the people crying about a few little patches of cyano hah!

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[Kreeger1]

New frags available in 2 weeks
Avelapora gigas
Similiar to gonipora, a little easier to keep

parent is the green one

fresh cut frag

 

[Kreeger1]

forgot to add there 20.00 as well
erik