Fragging zoas growing on acrylic rack

[haitian_reefer]

Noobie here! I’ve neglected to move my zoas off the racks, so now they’re growing on the acrylic racks, which I want to keep. How do I successfully frag them without losing my rack or zoas.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Noobie here! I’ve neglected to move my zoas off the racks, so now they’re growing on the acrylic racks, which I want to keep. How do I successfully frag them without losing my rack or zoas.

Gloves and a razor blade.

Get razor blade under them against the rack. Gently push forward and then peel away slowly and carefully.

I do the same thing and forget half the time lol. Very easy once you get the hang of it.

It also looks like you have quite a bit of coralline on the rack. This will make it even easier if the zoas grew over it. Gives a little buffer for the blade.

 

[ReQuackulous]

awesome photos goodluck on fragging!

 

[haitian_reefer]

Gloves and a razor blade.

Get razor blade under them against the rack. Gently push forward and then peel away slowly and carefully.

I do the same thing and forget half the time lol. Very easy once you get the hang of it.

It also looks like you have quite a bit of coralline on the rack. This will make it even easier if the zoas grew over it. Gives a little buffer for the blade.

Thank you for your response. I’ve never fragged, so I’m scared I might kill my colonies.

 

[littlebigreef]

Thank you for your response. I’ve never fragged, so I’m scared I might kill my colonies.

If I'm not mistaken @joshporksandwic cuts them and then rather than putting freshly cut tissue against glue on the plug he puts them in a larger holding container so they have time to heal before putting them on plugs. Could be mistaken but it beats straight cutting and gluing.

@Eagle_Steve was spot on about the coraline algae. If the zoas are growing on top of that then its a buffer between the zoa and the glue... and you're not attaching freshly cut tissue to glue.

 

[joshporksandwich]

Try to scrap the rack and not the zoas. The zoa foot is very resilient and I've actually by mistake have cut a zoa leaving a piece of the foot on a rock and the foot has grown into a zoa but don't risk it. Try to scrape under it with a knife. I usually let them heal a few days in a plastic container in a very low flow area of my tank to let them heal a bit. I've glued right away and everyone does it that way also so don't stress it. Just make sure you wear gloves and eye protection and use a new blade to hurt the zoas as least as posible. You can also send me the racks and i'll frag for you lol