Trimming back very long lobo skeleton from new frag safe?

[living_tribunal]

I got this lobo about a month ago. All is well with him but he has this very large skeleton (approximately 5" long).

I've heard this is how Australian divers like to split them because of higher success rates.

I know Australian lobos are a bit more sensitive than Indonesian. Am I safe to cut maybe half of this skeleton off?

Here he is in my qt frag tank.

 

[Retro Reefer]

Cutting the skeleton down should have zero impact on your lobo, best to use a water cooled bandsaw to avoid overheating the coral.. maybe see if your LFS has one and would do it for you?

 

[jcolliii]

I got this lobo about a month ago. All is well with him but he has this very large skeleton (approximately 5" long).

I've heard this is how Australian divers like to split them because of higher success rates.

I know Australian lobos are a bit more sensitive than Indonesian. Am I safe to cut maybe half of this skeleton off?

Here he is in my qt frag tank.

I'm in a similar boat and asked this question in the LPS forum as well with no answers. Did you ever do the trim on the bottom? Interested in what you found about the coral's tissue depth into that big hunk of skeleton.