Anyone know the best way to frag these little guys off the base of the parent?
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Best way is to be able to take the coral out and cut them off with a saw or dreml .
If that is a branching hammer you can snap the babies off. If it is a wall hammer will need to be cut off.
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Best way is to be able to take the coral out and cut them off with a saw or dreml .
If that is a branching hammer you can snap the babies off. If it is a wall hammer will need to be cut off.[/quote]
It is a “wall” hammer, and they are growing at the base where the parent has encrusted the rock. I was thinking I could cut around the juvenile with some kind of a knife, and peel it off. Maybe I’ll wait to see if it/until it forms a skeleton.
The skeleton should already started just gonna need to wait till grows out enough.
Yeah that’s a wall, will need to wait for it to grow out a little and you;ll be able to dremel the skeleton.
i got dibs on the first frag.
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Yeah that’s a wall, will need to wait for it to grow out a little and you;ll be able to dremel the skeleton.
i got dibs on the first frag.[/quote]
No problem, I just don’t know how long it’ll be. There are about a dozen or so all around the rock varying in size from a pin head to the one you can see in the picture.
Hey Downbeach, how long have you had the coral? It’s typically wise to give corals 6 months before attempting to cut it. I would say this would especially be the case for Euphyllia. They are often plague with many different pests, most notably bacteria infections. Often at the source of a small tear or damaged area the infection will take hold and slowly sweep through the colony even when to begin with half of the colony appears to be 100% healthy. If you damage(or frag it) the colony even when it appears healthy can crash quickly.
Hope this helps. I wasn’t sure how long you’ve had the colony. Appears to be a very healthy pretty animal. I would certainly be interested in a frag as well as long as it is healthy.
[quote=“Gordonious, post:7, topic:3594”]
Hey Downbeach, how long have you had the coral? It’s typically wise to give corals 6 months before attempting to cut it. I would say this would especially be the case for Euphyllia. They are often plague with many different pests, most notably bacteria infections. Often at the source of a small tear or damaged area the infection will take hold and slowly sweep through the colony even when to begin with half of the colony appears to be 100% healthy. If you damage(or frag it) the colony even when it appears healthy can crash quickly.
Hope this helps. I wasn’t sure how long you’ve had the colony. Appears to be a very healthy pretty animal. I would certainly be interested in a frag as well as long as it is healthy. [/quote]
I’ve had it for about a year, it was about the size of a silver dollar when I bought it. It’s now about 9" to 10" across when it’s extended. That picture was taken just after lights on, since it’s the only time I can see the juveniles along the base. It is a favorite in the house and I don’t want to do anything that would cause it any harm. I’ve fragged E. parancora before, but it’s a pretty straight forward process, since you don’t have to cut through any living tissue. I am hoping that if I can frag the juvenile, I can harvest a whole animal, and not have to cut through the fleshy part of a mature species. I’ll keep an eye on the small one’s and wait for them to form a skeleton that I can more easily remove.
Yeah be best to give it a little bit you will have less of a chance of damaging it if it has a little Skelton and will be easier to do.