best way to frag favia or moon corals?

[mrpet]

whats the best way to do this?

[JCTewks]

I've done it succesfully with ZERO losses using a hammer and chisel!!

Other folks have used tile saws, but IMO the heat created by friction of cutting will do more damage to the coral tissue than a good clean break will do.

[benihana]

dremel w/ diamond blade

[freetareef]

well... i'm going to give the old hammertrick a try here in a couple weeks... i'll be shure to update with a pic.

[dendronepthya]

Hammer, chisel, scissors for the dangling pieces.

[crvz]

I've nicked off corners with a large scissors/shears before. It worked well.

[Aj Flip]

seems brutal but thats why i see frags with polyps that have missing halves

[JCTewks]

In favia sp. corals there are no seperations between corralites, so ther will always be a "half polyp" until they totally heal and start growing again. Favites sp. corals do have seperate corralite walls and (if careful) can be fragged without splitting polyps...but it is much easier to just get it fragged instead of leaving the coral out of the water for an hour trying to frag it.

[SHARKBAITNC]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12967013#post12967013 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by benihana
dremel w/ diamond blade


This is the best way

Nick

[freetareef]

any body have some pics of this?

[kawicivic]

I know some people that literally drop it on the floor and pick up the pieces. I have never done it myself but I am pretty sure it is the old school method. No control over the size of pieces and as long as you are doing it on a clean surface I would think it would be a quick and easy way of doing it.

[freetareef]

hmm... think i'll do that instead. lol