Your favorite tools for cutting coral

[jjencek]

What are the tools you like when working with corals?

I am trying to figure out the best tools for cutting corals off the plugs. I also hope to use them for fraging after a year or so when I have something to frag. Should I buy a fraging kit, such as some of the BRS ones, or just a few bone cutters for now.

Here is one set:
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/coral-propagation-toolkit-ecotech-marine.html

How about these bone cutters:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017JG1VK/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017JJP0Y/ref=ox_sc_act_image_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

[ncaldwell]

Id build your own kit out of any surgical grade cutters you can find. Get stainless steal, the amazon ones you linked look like they would be for gardening and would rust. Try searching for surgical grade bone cutters, maybe find a good deal on a pair

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[Ron Reefman]

Almost every stainless steel aquarium tool I've ever bought, rusts sooner or later. Buy better quality stuff and it will last longer.

I wash & rinse my tools in freshwater after EVERY use and then take a tiny bit of plumber's silicone and wipe the tool down. It's safe to use in human plumbing, so for me, it's safe to use with coral and I've never had an issue and my tools don't rust unless I get careless or sloppy.

The tools I use a lot are a battery powered Dremel with a diamond cutting wheel for small stuff and a small wet saw for cutting tile for rocks and big stuff. But then I didn't buy either of these for use with coral, they both are tools I use around the house (I did tile every floor in our house).