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NanoCube-boy

01/11/2006, 10:28 PM

I have a frogspawn that is about a XL now. It has about 5 branches and soon to be 6. How can divide these guys out without injuring them?

flyhigh123

01/12/2006, 12:23 AM

i just break it at where it branches , at least 1 inch before the head as not to hurt the coral... u can use a set of pliers( the snipping ones) or garden scissors, the ones with he spring....

NanoCube-boy

01/12/2006, 01:15 AM

oh... Would it get infected?

Loralie

01/12/2006, 11:35 AM

I have never had a problem fragging this way. Make sure the clippers are clean.

BeanAnimal

01/12/2006, 01:22 PM

As I understand it, the only living part of the coral is close to the soft tip. The rest is just calcified skeleton.

NanoCube-boy

01/12/2006, 05:41 PM

Check out my frogspawn guys, these are Large now...

Here is a picture when I have it about a week sine I bought them.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/558/73116Picture_006.jpg
Here is a picture later on at night... during that day.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/558/73116Picture_008.JPG

Yea, these guys grow fast under 50/50 36watts Coralife 12inches lighting. My light is only a 4hour period daily. BTW, They are in quarntine about 4months...

01/12/2006, 05:53 PM

cut the calcified base

BeanAnimal

01/12/2006, 08:17 PM

qhy quarantine for so long?

lechee12

01/13/2006, 07:32 PM

thats not that big check out my frog, it opens to the size of a basketball with 36+ heads
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/files/8/1/5/DSCF0216.JPG

NanoCube-boy

01/13/2006, 08:34 PM

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6487664#post6487664 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BeanAnimal
qhy quarantine for so long?

My main tank is under construction. Still recovering from nitrate problem that I had before.

Lechee12. Very nice...

BeanAnimal

01/13/2006, 11:04 PM

do you get big sweepers on that thing?

NanoCube-boy

01/14/2006, 07:20 AM

Sweepers?

MiddletonMark

01/14/2006, 07:24 AM

Yup, you want to cut the base. I like using my dremel [use safety glasses ... bacteria-coated skelton can fly].
Gloves would be a good idea, too.

Here's the `side cutting bit' and mine ... my wife's picture, keys in hand, ready to take me to the ER. :lol:

http://www.coralmark.com/images_propagation/frogspawn-cutting.jpg

Here's a little article on it:
http://www.coralplanet.com/Coral_Propagation_Branching_Euphyllia.htm

These guys have good ideas for using a dremel:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-03/ac_sp/feature/index.php
Anthony has great general suggestions here:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/ac/feature/index.php
On the left column, down a ways, there's a link for a page here:
http://reefs.org/library/farmertodd/
Or directly:
http://reefs.org/library/farmertodd/frag/lps/3.htm

Best of luck :)

NanoCube-boy

01/14/2006, 07:28 AM

How come you drilling it?

MiddletonMark

01/14/2006, 07:35 AM

It's a side-cutting bit, actually, on my dremel. The photo is deceiving, as it looks like I'm drilling the coral.

It cuts out skeleton suprisingly well. I'm really holding the tip right at the edge, slowly gouging a deep groove into the coral.

Given it's impossible to get `in there' with a diamond-wheel ... and there's not a huge amount of skeleton to make a mistake on ... I cut most of it out with the side-cutting bit before using a clippers or pliers to break the last bit.

Careful not to damage the heads in process.

Anyway - those links I posted are probably the best sources of info, beyond Anthony's BOCP.

NanoCube-boy

01/14/2006, 10:58 PM

Thanks for the Links information. Those links help me understand a lot.

racrumrine

01/16/2006, 02:55 AM

To cut off mature heads, I use a dremel cutting wheel.

To propogate, the little inmature buds underneath, see this thread.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=395873&highlight=roy+frogspawn

Here is a picture of a bud a few days after I used this method.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c19/Reef2005/Frags/5a8130d7.jpg

Best of luck,

Roy

NanoCube-boy

01/16/2006, 12:48 PM

Nice thread, thanks...

NanoCube-boy

01/17/2006, 06:31 PM

racrumrine

What is that bottle thing you place your frogspawn in? Not saying anything bad, just a joke... I see streak in your glass... heheh

Mind_nl

01/18/2006, 04:23 AM

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6524727#post6524727 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NanoCube-boy

What is that bottle thing you place your frogspawn in?
Looks like one of those floral piks Anthony talks about them in this article (http://www.coralgrowing.com/SecuringPropagatedCorals.php)

NanoCube-boy

01/18/2006, 04:07 PM

link isn't work

Mind_nl

01/19/2006, 05:40 AM

works fine for me???

NanoCube-boy

01/19/2006, 01:30 PM

Well I don't know...

racrumrine

01/19/2006, 07:45 PM

Sorry I couldn't respond sooner, the DSL was out at the house.

I put the inmature branch into a Flower Bud Holder the florists use. For this application, it works great.

Sorry about the dirty glass. My wife made this picture as a test and I have used it several times for various reasons.

Best of luck,

Roy

NanoCube-boy

01/21/2006, 12:24 AM

So it's just plain bud holder, not clay or epoxi right?

racrumrine

01/21/2006, 12:33 AM

Buy a dozen red roses. Toss the roses, keep the bud holders for frogspawn frags!

I just inserted the inmature branch into the hole.

Best of luck,

Roy

NanoCube-boy

01/21/2006, 12:35 AM

haha, more like give it to a girl.. haha... Thanks...