Can I take off the corals from the plug?

Philly Reefer · Sep 8, 2020

So I got these corals on Saturday. They opened up on Sunday.
1 of the zoa actually fell from the plug after dipping.
So can I remove the plug from the other zoa and the GSP?
Thank you for the input

vetteguy53081 · Sep 8, 2020

You can. Bone cutters for fragging makes a Clean cut. So will wire cutters .

Salemsoul · Sep 8, 2020

while I can’t see the video. Nearly all corals can be removed from their frag plug with little to no issue and glued onto your rock work.

GK3 · Sep 8, 2020

aior0s said:
So I got these corals on Saturday. They opened up on Sunday.
1 of the zoa actually fell from the plug after dipping.
So can I remove the plug from the other zoa and the GSP?
Thank you for the input

You totally can but keep in mind a few things:

1. if they are glued on, it’s easiest to just remove them with the glue and then attach to your rock by putting glue on the dry glue.

2. if they aren’t glued on to the plug but actually growing on the plug, you will likely have to sacrifice some of the coral to get it off. Very true with zoas and encrusting corals.

3. if taking off a large piece of SPS or euphillia, be careful not to split it half way. I have tried this at times with ones that are really well glued and I have split SPS in half and killed a torch by its head splitting.