Cutting frags

[divedeeper]

After a few years many of my corals are getting too large.

Can someone give me the basics of cutting them into frags?

Or a link to the abc's.

 

[NYreefNoob]

what type of corals ?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

most sps corals and some others can be cut by these tools

choose ur favorite depending on what u are actually cutting

 

[divedeeper]

Do they need to be under water like in tray with a few inches of water to keep them submerged.

Do the cut areas need to be coated or treated with something?

I have some acro's and bunch of soft types

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

I take mine out of the water, cut them, then put them back in a small container of water til I mount them. After I mount them I rinse them another SW cup and put them in the tank on my frag rack.

 

[vanceny]

Ton's of video's on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=coral+fragging

 

[tosiek]

There was a link a few days ago by Dean. do a search.

The main key is to minimize further stress that your already putting things through by fragging. Try not to get the pieces too dry as your fragging and make sure the temp in the holding buckets don;t drop too low. You can frag from inside your tank btw if the mother colonies are encrusted.

 

[divedeeper]

The U tube lead was great, thanks

 

[Dj Orion]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqQxgoh2dNw

AhAHAHAHAHAHAA Robot Fragging FTW!!!!