Power tools to cut reef?

[Dimorb]

I need some suggestions.

I have a 3 meter reef completely solid with coral and I want to take it down.

What kind of tools/power tools or tricks can you recommend?

It's 300 kg of live rock completely combinded by corals.. all kind but the biggest ones are montiporas, favites and gonioporas.

Today i removed a "small" duncan. Took me 3 hours with maxspect saw, coral cutters, ordinary saw, dremel and bandsaw to remove it an frag it down.

Do you have any suggestions??

 

[blaxsun]

None - but I wish you the best of luck!

 

[ReefRondo]

Angle grinder with a diamond blade and SAFETY GOGGLES!

 

[twwety]

Depending on how dense the rock work is a long Chisel and hammer might work.

 

[Dimorb]

Angle grinder with a diamond blade and SAFETY GOGGLES!

Yes this might be it..

Not possible to find waterproof so need to drain water down beneath the level I want to cut or do you have a link to something that's waterproofed?

 

[Dimorb]

Depending on how dense the rock work is a long Chisel and hammer might work.

It's hard as rock and harder

Actually some of the live corals are much harder than the rock and some are dense.

Yesterday when attacking the duncan I had a much harder time splitting it when it was removed from the aquarium then removing the pcs.

 

[Malcontent]

Drill hole, insert dynamite and detonator.

 

[Dustinmicks]

Angle grinder in theory will work but protect the glass, those things spin at like 11,000 RPM

 

[CNDReef]

Angle grinder , cordless if possible since it will be close to water. Notch what you want with it and then use a hammer and chisel to pop it off.

 

[Kmst80]

For the rock you could try a series of holes with hammerdrill and then hammer punch into holes and it should give you a crack line along the holes...bit more time consuming but might work where grinder can't.

 

[blaxsun]

I'm thinking learn to love the reef again, although I do like the dynamite idea.

 

[Dimorb]

Angle grinder in theory will work but protect the glass, those things spin at like 11,000 RPM

Do you have a link showing me the kind you would recommend?

All I get when searching is with power cord or sketchy test from india where they place angel grinder into buckets of water to test if they are waterproof

 

[Spicy Reef]

I've used a corded angle grinder (not water proof) look up videos using them to cut tile. I don't have anything fancy but the entire wheel portion is just turning parts no electrics. That stuff is all in the hand held part. still be careful though. I never used it in the tank itself, wouldn't want to drop it. not afraid of the electricity, I would be concerned about breaking the tank... practice outside the tank in a bucket. Those things have some torque.

 

[killer2001]

 

[Mowen44]

I need some suggestions.

I have a 3 meter reef completely solid with coral and I want to take it down.

What kind of tools/power tools or tricks can you recommend?

It's 300 kg of live rock completely combinded by corals.. all kind but the biggest ones are montiporas, favites and gonioporas.

Today i removed a "small" duncan. Took me 3 hours with maxspect saw, coral cutters, ordinary saw, dremel and bandsaw to remove it an frag it down.

Do you have any suggestions??

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[Rmckoy]

Do you have pictures ?