MNBones
New Member
I picked up Hammer frag yesterday afternoon at LFS, went through the dip routine, then stuck the plug in my rockwork. Probably a little high in the tank and this morning I noticed there was way too much flow where I put it.
I fashioned a piece of Marco rubble with a ‘frag sized’ hole (had to superglue and accelerate a small piece of rubble to stabilize a plug), let the glue cure about an hour, then rinsed and soaked in RODI water for about another hour.
Finally, I put the frag in my new ‘hammer island’ and positioned it on the bottom in an area with good light and gentler flow.
Almost immediately one, then 2 of my peppermint shrimp pounced on it and began pulling pieces off.
I moved the piece to a different area of the tank and they are leaving it alone again.
They didn’t bother it yesterday or this morning, and they are not bothering it now.
I have 2 theories – both of which are probably wrong.
I fashioned a piece of Marco rubble with a ‘frag sized’ hole (had to superglue and accelerate a small piece of rubble to stabilize a plug), let the glue cure about an hour, then rinsed and soaked in RODI water for about another hour.
Finally, I put the frag in my new ‘hammer island’ and positioned it on the bottom in an area with good light and gentler flow.
Almost immediately one, then 2 of my peppermint shrimp pounced on it and began pulling pieces off.
I moved the piece to a different area of the tank and they are leaving it alone again.
They didn’t bother it yesterday or this morning, and they are not bothering it now.
I have 2 theories – both of which are probably wrong.
- The smell of glue + accelerator attracted them (must be wrong since it is in a different part of the tank and they are leaving it alone)
- The spot I put it is right in front of a crevice those 2 shrimp seem to call home.
