Reef Discussion

[MagicJ]

I wouldn't be too worried about a frag rack - as mentioned, these corals can move and you don't really want them falling off the rack and ending up upside down.

 

[Matman]

Yes true I'll hack it up this week and document what I do.

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[MagicJ]

Try not to cut the flesh with the dremmel as it will burn it - cut most of the way through the back and then cut the flesh with a scalpel.

 

[Matman]

Thanks I was wondering about that.It is a long tenticled so it has a bit more flesh.So if I cut it in quaters will that be ok for the comp.Or do I need to smaller?

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[MagicJ]

The competition is all about propogating a coral and learning from the experience - not about the size of the coral.

If you can cut it in half and get both to survive and pass one onto a fellow hobbyist then you have prevented one coral from being removed from the wild - that has got to be a good thing.

Slightly off-topic, but I was recently reading an article which indicated that larger acro frags (5cm if I remember correctly) had a significantly greater chance of survival compared to smaller frags - smaller is not always better.

 

[Matman]

Yes I suppose there is more surface area so has a better chance?If its a fungai there would be more chance of infection if cut smaller?

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[MagicJ]

I would base it on what you want to achieve. If it is currently too big cut off one section the size that you want it - and then do what you like with the rest, maybe cut this section in half again i.e. end up with 3 sections.

This is a fairly slow growing coral so you don't want to make them too small to start with.

 

[Matman]

Thanks zombie man.I'll try thirds.
Cheers mat.

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