Those that have Nuclear Greens....

[Azurel]

What is your method of fragging? I have had little luck with these. I thought they would be as easy as PDs but to no avail. I don't know if it is because of the rack they are on or not. It seems I can't get under them good enough to not cause a lot of stress and the tissue between polyps is really messing me up. I also can't chisel them off due to the shape of the rock and how the tissue seems to be really shared by all polyps......Just wondering and if you guys have any ideas..

James

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Az send your ND's to me and I will frag it for you and then mail you your one polyp back.

Deal?

 

[twon8]

i haven't had any problem, i cut off a few polyps, leaving some nubs which usually form new polyps

 

[Azurel]

Do you just cut them off at the base and leave a bit of the stalk that was connecting it to the rock? or do you try and get under them? This is my problem see if I can explain it better.

The polyps do not seperate like they do with the PDs, the polyps of the Nuclear greens although seperate are are connected. The areas between the polyps there is a thin tissue that when cut really slimes up and leaks fluid. I can cut PDs and the polyp once glued looks just like it did be fore cutting but the Nuclear greens really loze most of there size. I made 3 frags all before cutting were the size of dimes and after cutting they were a 1/3 of there pre-cut size. In the spaces between the polyps the entire rock is covered in the tissue and that is what is throwing me. It seems that when I cut the ployp the fluid that was filling the polyp seems to flush down into the tissue covering the rock and reducing the size of the polyp once cut. Of the 3 frags I made 2 or which have been sent off the polyps were after almost 2 months of healing were still no where near their original size......I undersrand the stress and all but these things the way they are growing on the rock is nothing like the PDs...I have another frag that is healing now that was the size of a dime and is now smaller then half an eraser hean and is actully smaller then even my Samhains which are the smallest polyp I have.....I was just wondering....

 

[twon8]

i just break into them and glue whatever is left, they are pretty hardy and difficult to hurt

 

[Azurel]

I guess I may have been a bit to carefull then trying to get under them.....Will try another way next time...

Thanks Twon..

 

[MarvinsReef]

I treat them like PD's when fragging but I've had better luck with Nuclears than PD's..

 

[Acro76 Verified Sponsor]

Pardon the hijack of the thread but....

I've noticed that the NG have a very poor feeding response compared to the PD... Has anyone noticed if they prefer certain foods or a different feeding technique? I'm hand feeding mysis shrimp with tweezers once a day. The PDs' seem to gobble it up while the food just sits on the partially closed NG....

??

 

[BigBadZoaDaddy]

HOw about trying them on the floor of the tank, I have all my Zoas and paly on the bottom and instead of cutting them off a rock I pile up substrate around them and then they grow out on to that and I actually usually just pull them apart from the main rock? Just my 2 cents?

 

[reefboy]

i cut with razor polyps i want to frag to keep tissue tear to a minium but other then that very hardy normal heal fast,
and as far as feeding them mine eat mysiss and flake food quite well you may turn flow off and feed if there having a hard time closing up on food.

 

[jessiesgrrl]

I haven't tried to frag mine yet- still growing them out. The other protos I have fragged though seemed VERY hardy- but if you are afraid, I'd split the whole plug/rock at a stress line with a chisel imo.


Laurie