Fragging Help

[Reeferburns]

Hi, need help on fragging Xenia. I’ve had it for a couple months and it’s grown to be huge and blocking light for other corals. I know I can go in and snip it but I want to save the snips and drag them. Any suggestions on how to frag Xenia or experiences Please let me know! Thanks

 

[AcroNem]

I'm not sure I'm following. You want to fragment it but not use scissors right?

 

[myrjon]

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

choose a video

 

[AcroNem]

Great suggestion^. It should be able to tolerate any method you choose, you could probably frag it with a chainsaw.

 

[Reeferburns]

I'm not sure I'm following. You want to fragment it but not use scissors right?

I want to frag it but put it on a plug. Videos I’ve seen haven’t seemed to go that well. I’ll use scissors to frag it.

 

[AcroNem]

I want to frag it but put it on a plug. Videos I’ve seen haven’t seemed to go that well. I’ll use scissors to frag it.

It does produce a lot of mucous and won't adhere to a plug well. If you can get a piece of the rock it's on that can be attached to a plug. Chisels have been used and work pretty well.

 

[andrewkw]

Put the frag on a plug with no flow for about 24hrs, you can dab a bit of glue to help it along but you aren't really gluing it to the plug you lightly attaching it while it attaches itself. Generally gluing takes some practice, but I'd say about 50% or more of the time I can glue one to a plug and it will stay.

Other option would be to put the loose frag in a pile of rubble. Again no flow at all for as long as you can. You can put them in a water bottle with a few tiny holes so there is the smallest bit of circulation. A small container in tank works as well. You still need to keep the water warm and want a tiny bit of recirculation but even a tiny bit of flow will knock them off.