How to Frag Zoas off a rock.

[Evan West]

So I watched the sticky video but in that it looks like he has busted up the rock they were on to get them out to cut them. I can take the rock out but dont wanna bust off large chunks of it and im not sure how to go about fragging some of the polyps off the rock, any suggestions?

 

[Cary Meredith]

You should be able to get a razor under them and cut some away.

 

[FLAdaboy]

Bone cutters

 

[Evan West]

You should be able to get a razor under them and cut some away.

Will Cutting the base off the rock hurt them? How do I go about reattaching them to a plug then?

 

[jaesong]

Bone cutters

Razor is risky. To you and them.

Bone cutters all the way.

 

[Calla]

I've been using side knips.

 

[ahiggins]

Unfortunately you'll have to take some rock with you even if it's just a bit. If you can take the rock out, use a screwdriver or the like and scrape just a little bit of rock (few mm) under the zoas so that you don't destroy the mat but don't destroy the rock. I've done mushrooms this way too

 

[ahiggins]

Plus gluing the little bit of rock will protect the mat from the superglue heat as it cures

 

[Triggreef]

Its much easier to glue them down with bits of rock. bone cutters is the best, least risky way.

 

[Falcon53]

I've never had a problem just pulling them off the rock, but I was not concerned with fragging, just getting rid of the over growth.

 

[Falcon53]

To clarify, I wasn't concerned with giving or selling a frag, I was just throwing the excess away. That might sound offensive to some, but this was a very common polyp that you literally couldn't give away. I don't know if gluing zoas to a rock after pulling them off is ideal.