Ok so i just bought my first peace of hard coral.. and its a pretty good size. around 9x7? somewhere around there anywho. on a coral like this do i use a drimal for fragging? or is there another trick? its a monitpora stick. not sure the real name but its not the montipora cup. any idea?

thanks in advance

for stick-like corals, use a bone cutter of garden shears or something similar. you want to avoid burnig the flesh if possible.

sounds like it is a Montipora Digitata
and yes, you can use a dremel, or bone cutters to frag it...

those are one of the easiest to frag, and are one of the hardiest stony coral..

good pick.. :)

oh, by the way, if you use a Dremel, which i have used many times with great success on my Montipora Digitatas.

you are going to notice this eerie smell, it will remind you of being in the dentists chair.. :D

why does everything you can frag smell bad? lol

i love this thing.. and the cool thing is as big as he is. i paid next to nothing. i put more fuel in my car today than i paid for him lol :)

i am thinking about putting up a frag for trade.. how ever i dont know if i want to loose any of him. :) but i have to admit i am really happy i bought it..

they are really fast growers, after a week you wont even notice the cut spot, and with in a few months it will have mostly regrown.

i would suggest you let it adjust to your tank and stuff before fragging it though

ok cool thanks. :)

i am thinking about putting up a frag for trade.. how ever i dont know if i want to loose any of him. :) but i have to admit i am really happy i bought it..

Think of fragging as insurance. If something were to happen in your tank, you got your buddy over there that you gave frags to 6 months ago that are ready to be fragged again. :)

I've had a good running streak so far, but you just never know. Even the experts have problems. With this hobby, there are just too many things that can go wrong.

This is one of the reasons I hand out frags like candy.

that is a good point, and yes gwen ill save ya a peace :)

Got any :kewlpics: yet?

actually i was going to work on that tonight but i got toned out to a blown transformer lol but if you click on the tank levels above the TR advertisment in my signature i have a few new pics there... i just foiund the close up on my camera lol

I love your "P" designation!

yea thats my favorate lol :)

that is a good point, and yes gwen ill save ya a peace :)


:clap: yay!!

why does everything you can frag smell bad? lol

everytime i read over this i have to laugh

Wwest, would you happen to have any photographs of this new coral. I'm interested in a possible frag trade if you are. I'm going to attempt to frag a piece of my Purple Goniopora this week or weekend. I'm just looking to get a variety of Corals and colors within me aquarium.

i might have another peace to frag for trade. ill have to check. i just fragged a peace off of it but i think i can get another. i will get you a good picture and see about fragging a peace as soon as i get home. and ill post it :)

oh yea just to let you know green monipora doesnt add much color untill the lunars and actinic come on by themselves. during the daylights its kinda just light brown. :) but when the actinic or lunar is the only thing on it glows a cool bright green..

oh yea just to let you know green monipora doesnt add much color untill the lunars and actinic come on by themselves. during the daylights its kinda just light brown. :) but when the actinic or lunar is the only thing on it glows a cool bright green..

not a lot of color YET.

i might have another peace to frag for trade. ill have to check. i just fragged a peace off of it but i think i can get another. i will get you a good picture and see about fragging a peace as soon as i get home. and ill post it :)

Wwest, I'm definitely interested in seeing the photograph when you put it up. I have T5 lighting so maybe my actinics will bring out the color your talking about. Can't wait! :)