Refragging overgrown zoanthid frag tips!

[flricordia]

So what do you do once the frag has outgrown the plug/disc/mount it was growing on? How do you remove it saftely without damaging the polyps?

Start out right. Take your new frag plug, smear superglue gel onto the suface, dip it in sand/aragonite, any color you wish, drop it into some water and let it setup.

Glue your new zoa frag onto it and once it has outgrown the plug/mount/disc, take a scalpel or other like instrument and scrape off the sand/aragonite that the polyps have grown over with the undamaged polyps attatched and glue them to another fresh disc/mount/plug.

 

[bamachamp92]

you can cut the original plug into pieces and glue the pieces to other plugs and grow out multiples.

 

[Mr.Firemouth]

So where are these frags? LOL

 

[reef-nut]

Why even remove it. Just let it grow out onto a rock, unless you are going to frag it some more.

 

[flricordia]

Why even remove it. Just let it grow out onto a rock, unless you are going to frag it some more.

OOOkkaaay! That was the whole point, to refrag. Once the frag has outgrown the plug to refrag it without damaging it.
Maybe I posted in the wrong forum. Meant to post in the propagation forum. I will double check that and sorry for posting in the wrong forum if I did.
Where are you in OK? I used to live in OKC and there were some pretty nice LRS there. Still some nice ones? Alligator Alley still there for reptile freaks?

 

[Saltysteele]

cool tip about dipping it in the sand, though!

i've seen superglue recently that comes with a brush. don't know how long the brush would last without drying up into a toothpick, but that would work great for painting the plugs with SG!

 

[seafansar]

Yeah, cool tip. I usually just peel the zoanthid mat off the rock really carefully and glue it to whatever. If the rock isn't smooth, it's a PITA though. Your way sounds easier.