Any coral vendors use flat disks.

[michealprater]

Looking for vendors that use flat disks instead of plugs. They look great on a bare bottom. I know you can cut the plugs with bone cutters, but the plug will still wobble on a flat surface. I also know I can just refrag, but then you dont get them healed on instantly. Recommendations appreciated.

 

[exnisstech]

Only place I have seen is my lfs. You'll probably have to cut and glue them to disks I'm thinking. On a positive I have had some grow back from pieces left on the plug after removing. Free frags.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Only place I have seen is my lfs. You'll probably have to cut and glue them to disks I'm thinking. On a positive I have had some grow back from pieces left on the plug after removing. Free frags.

This. Someone has to frag it @ somepoint. Usually LFS or online vendor is placing it in a disc. Trans pac shipping a lot of it is just bagged.

 

[DJF]

I recommend just grabbing your own. I never keep the plug it came in on; if it is encrusted I cut as much off as I possibly can- pests lay eggs next to their food- not on it. A small ball of epoxy that has a dab of glue holding it to the tile & a dab of glue holding it to the coral is my normal practice.

 

[michealprater]

I have lost so many zoas due to fresh cuts. I really prefer healed frags.

 

[DJF]

Makes sense- no need to cut to get it off the plug. If I had a plug of pricey zoas that I wanted on a tile I’d just cut the stem of the plug and do they same epoxy/glue process

Fwiw. I used to have the same luck cutting zoas. After losing an entire 4” disc of kraks a local reefer recommended iodine dipping the zoas after cutting. It was a game changer for me.

 

[exnisstech]

I have lost so many zoas due to fresh cuts. I really prefer healed frags.

I was thinking sticks. For zoas I would cut the stem off the plug and glue the plug to a tile or disk like @DJF recommended. The way zoas grow in I doubt the plug would be visible once they take off.