making the first cut on a colony.

[SharpKnives]

Question #1. How long is too long for the sps to stay out of H2O?
#2. after i frag it, is it okay to keep it on a frag rack that is high in the H20 column close to my lights/
#3 should i blast the frag with 100 percent light and high flow right away? running Radions G5 XR15 blues at 60 percent

 

[((FORDTECH))]

Question #1. How long is too long for the sps to stay out of H2O?
#2. after i frag it, is it okay to keep it on a frag rack that is high in the H20 column close to my lights/
#3 should i blast the frag with 100 percent light and high flow right away? running Radions G5 XR15 blues at 60 percent

1-the least amount of time that you need it out of water. I’ve never kept any coral out from water longer then 10-20 seconds. It’s good to have a bowl or container of water to keep them in on counter or to keep dipping them to keep wet.
2-yea can be kept on frag rack generally if rack close to top light does not shine directly on it more from the side and a lot less par then directly under it
3-I would not blast it right away with 100% anything.

 

[fishguy242]

hi just keep wet while working with,they do emit slime coat to protect themselves want to rinse off while glue is drying
and yes just put back under current conditions came from
no do not put high direct under lights ,should be fine along edge on rack up high

 

[homer1475]

It's fine out of the water for a while(you guys do realize most acros are out of the water for the better part of the day until high tide comes back in?). There is a reason they slime up like they do when out of the water, it's to protect them from drying out in the hot sun. With that said, I still would not keep them for too long out of water. I have a tank move coming up, and 99% of my reef will be without water for part of the day(i'm thinking at least a couple hours), and I'm pretty sure everything will be just fine.

When I frag I just keep them in a bowl of water, frag the colony, put back in bowl, mount frag to plug, put in a seperate bowl of water till the glue/epoxy is dry. Put both colony and frag back in the tank. My g=frag rack is up high on the side and get blasted with light. Have never had an issue with frags not healing over.

 

[xiaoxiy]

It's fine out of the water for a while(you guys do realize most acros are out of the water for the better part of the day until high tide comes back in?). There is a reason they slime up like they do when out of the water, it's to protect them from drying out in the hot sun. With that said, I still would not keep them for too long out of water. I have a tank move coming up, and 99% of my reef will be without water for part of the day(i'm thinking at least a couple hours), and I'm pretty sure everything will be just fine.

When I frag I just keep them in a bowl of water, frag the colony, put back in bowl, mount frag to plug, put in a seperate bowl of water till the glue/epoxy is dry. Put both colony and frag back in the tank. My g=frag rack is up high on the side and get blasted with light. Have never had an issue with frags not healing over.

^ This.

I've unintentionally had acros out of the water for up to 5-10 minutes at at time without issue. Homer is also right in that acros sit out of the water in low tide in nature; I'm just not as ballsy as him to leave them out for a couple hours.

 

[homer1475]

^ This.

I've unintentionally had acros out of the water for up to 5-10 minutes at at time without issue. Homer is also right in that acros sit out of the water in low tide in nature; I'm just not as ballsy as him to leave them out for a couple hours.

Ooh trust me, I certainly do not want to, and am very afraid of this upcoming move. Not an actual tank move, but I'm having a new stand built, and have to empty the current tank to move it onto it's new home. The only way to do it, is to drain the tank(have way to many corals to try and remove the rock too), move it over to the new stand, slide new stand in old position, fill back up.

My reef is finally hitting it's stride and looks amazing as most of my corals are now full sized colonies and not just tiny frags(this tank is coming up on 5 years old).

 

[SharpKnives]

1-the least amount of time that you need it out of water. I’ve never kept any coral out from water longer then 10-20 seconds. It’s good to have a bowl or container of water to keep them in on counter or to keep dipping them to keep wet.
2-yea can be kept on frag rack generally if rack close to top light does not shine directly on it more from the side and a lot less par then directly under it
3-I would not blast it right away with 100% anything.

thanks for the tips. Going to try on Monday.

 

[SharpKnives]

tha

hi just keep wet while working with,they do emit slime coat to protect themselves want to rinse off while glue is drying
and yes just put back under current conditions came from
no do not put high direct under lights ,should be fine along edge on rack up high

Thank you.

 

[SharpKnives]

Thanks again for all the advice.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Ive known people to make their sps frags and let the coral slime up on purpose before placing back in the tank.
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