Corals

[bam20747]

Help I have some experince with marine tanks but not much with corals and my question is about some new coral that i recieved this week. it was in poor condition when i recieved it, all of it looked dead but i accilimated it and added it to my 12g nano tank. it was glued to some plugs about 1 1/2 inches tall. how do i get it off of the plugs so i can glue it to my live rock? it will not stay up and one got damaged when it fell over. please help?

 

[Anonymous]

What are they? Can you let them adjust to your tank before pulling them off the plugs?

 

[bam20747]

Yes i guess i could let them adjust for a while and try to keep them from falling over. most of them are polyps, Green Centered Zoanthid, Yellow Polyp, Green Star Polyp, Pink Acropora, Green Ricordia.

 

[Anonymous]

For all except the Acropora you can place the plug on its side on a hard surface and cut most of it away with a chisel. Leave some of the plug attached to the coral so you can glue it where you want.

The Acro needs a more delicate treatment or the branches might break off. I'd suggest cutting away most of the plug with a dremmel of a hacksaw.

Hopefully, someone else will list additional options.

 

[SnowManSnow]

just a note.. wear gloves if you go cutting into zoos

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