Fragging! Is this self taught?

[Tired]

As to equipment, all you need is a way to cut the coral, a separate container of water to rinse it in and let it sit in while the glue you use to attach it to the plug hardens, and then somewhere (in your tank or a frag tank) where you can put it once it's fragged. You'll also need frag plugs, shells, bits of rubble, or some other surface to attach the coral to, and a suitable glue. Gel superglue works fine. No frills needed.

For mushrooms, all you need are some rubble bits, a place to put those rubble bits (preferably in a container so the mushrooms can't blow off), and a way to get them off their original rock. Or you can cut up the original rock, but it might be easier to move them.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

As to equipment, all you need is a way to cut the coral, a separate container of water to rinse it in and let it sit in while the glue you use to attach it to the plug hardens, and then somewhere (in your tank or a frag tank) where you can put it once it's fragged. You'll also need frag plugs, shells, bits of rubble, or some other surface to attach the coral to, and a suitable glue. Gel superglue works fine. No frills needed.

For mushrooms, all you need are some rubble bits, a place to put those rubble bits (preferably in a container so the mushrooms can't blow off), and a way to get them off their original rock. Or you can cut up the original rock, but it might be easier to move them.

Yes I seen that way via Kenya trees, they cut and place but without glue but if something is overgrowing, what tools do you suggest

 

[Rick's Reviews]

As to equipment, all you need is a way to cut the coral, a separate container of water to rinse it in and let it sit in while the glue you use to attach it to the plug hardens, and then somewhere (in your tank or a frag tank) where you can put it once it's fragged. You'll also need frag plugs, shells, bits of rubble, or some other surface to attach the coral to, and a suitable glue. Gel superglue works fine. No frills needed.

For mushrooms, all you need are some rubble bits, a place to put those rubble bits (preferably in a container so the mushrooms can't blow off), and a way to get them off their original rock. Or you can cut up the original rock, but it might be easier to move them.

So what would you do with this (picture) mushroom, definitely outgrown it's frag plug, thanks

 

[Rick's Reviews]

i researched it. alot.

Knowing what you can and cant cut on a coral is key.

Follow the corals pattern when cutting LPS. Zoas you can use a scapple to peel off or cut the rock ( not the zoa )

It is self taught to an extent.

Any advice on tools/equipment needed, do zoa's have a foot that you need to splice, or like a certain area to avoid cutting

 

[Derrick0580]

If by self taught you are referring to youtube then yes I am self taught!

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Fraging is easy I break my sps almost every time my hands go in the tank now. Always keep super glue and plugs around. Coral dips are unnecessary if your fraging in your own tanks imo.

What tools do you use as some plugs are tough, what advice would you give to a beginner, how did you learn for instance, bone cutters seems to be a bad buy

 

[Derrick0580]

Any advice on tools/equipment needed, do zoa's have a foot that you need to splice, or like a certain area to avoid cutting

With zoas, make them close up and take a scalpel and slice the vein looking thing running between polyps then once it’s cut use bone cutters or side cuts to cut the frag disc.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

If by self taught you are referring to youtube then yes I am self taught!

Yes, unfortunately it's not the best in some cases, but great in others. Anything you learnt from 'fragging'' that you tube did not show

 

[Derrick0580]

Yes, unfortunately it's not the best in some cases, but great in others. Anything you learnt from 'fragging'' that you tube did not show

Not really, watched a ton of videos, read a lot of webpages. Learned some great tips. Japanese wood carving chisels are great for taking small pieces of live rock without cutting a big chunk away. They also come in handy for getting under anemone feet to gently get them off a rock.

 

[Tired]

I would annoy the mushroom off the plug and put it on something larger. Or I might just cut the stem off the plug and set it on something. The mushroom's eventual divisions will attach to whatever the plug is on, if/when they run out of room.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

My BTA anomene once grabbed hold of a piece of my island rock with GSP on and honestly It 'had a grip' like the Hulk, I had to move rock it attached to around to persuade it to let go, moving it was like it was on an elastic band.

I would annoy the mushroom off the plug and put it on something larger. Or I might just cut the stem off the plug and set it on something. The mushroom's eventual divisions will attach to whatever the plug is on, if/when they run out of room.

 

[Tired]

That's why we don't try to yank mushrooms off, we annoy them. Pointing powerheads at them, applying ice, that sort of thing. It makes them let go. Mushrooms have feet, like anemones, and let go when annoyed enough.

 

[Tonycass12]

What tools do you use as some plugs are tough, what advice would you give to a beginner, how did you learn for instance, bone cutters seems to be a bad buy

Bone cutters and super glue are all i use. But I'm a stick head i dont mess around much with the lps or soft corals. I rarely get the bone cutters out unless I'm hacking into something vast majority of the time now I make oops frags by bumping into the corals.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

I would annoy the mushroom off the plug and put it on something larger. Or I might just cut the stem off the plug and set it on something. The mushroom's eventual divisions will attach to whatever the plug is on, if/when they run out of room.

This is the problem I am facing, do not get me wrong, I love, take it all in but it's also very vague, I research everything, believe me, I look at everything to learn, , I think you have not experienced this @Tired and just used old research/ to try to answer to you best ability, like using powerheads to 'move'

Have you ever fragged? Cut into, separated??

The initial start I gather is basically a Stanley knife and some wire cutters.. now I have 2.. what do I do now.
2 plastic boxes throw in some rubble

Throw in coral and good luck sailor

 

[Tired]

Okay, what are you trying to do? Make the mushroom into more mushrooms, or make it into one mushroom no longer attached to the plug? Because those are two different things.

I've fragged corals, yes. Not many, but some.

If you want to cut the mushroom into two mushrooms, the reason why it's vague is because that is all you do. You slice it in half, then you put the halves into containers with rubble in the bottom. The mushroom halves will, hopefully, attach to the rubble and grow into two mushrooms. There's nothing else to do but cut 'em and wait.
You might not even need the rubble, in your case, since you're apparently planning to cut the disc part of the plug in half as well.