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Fragging Torch Coral By Anthony Calfo Special Thanks to Anthony And Something Fishy Sometimes you have or find LPS coral at LFS, at your aquarium, friend's aquarium or you want to frag one that you have to sell or trade. |  |  |  |
This one had few bad heads | cut the the one that has a healthy head off | |
Using a tile saw with this trick. Is something affordable. If it does not have the acrylic screen then make sure you put your hand in front of it to prevent water from splashing on your face. | Slowly and carefully move the coral on top of the blade. | |
The healthy piece is off | Pick another one and with a sharp tool cut a line and then put the tool inside the line and twist it. | apart |
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how about frogspawns/hammers? mine got entangled with an anemone, an that part died. i would like to cut off the dead part, if this is possible, to salvage the entire coral. thanks!
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yes, my friend... it is the same for all branching Euphylliids. You can just saw away the dead "heads"/branches
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sir, about the sawed off part, will the "wound" heal and create a new "arc?" i worry coz it may just continue to recede...
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neither... a cut off Euphyllid polyp head will neither heal nor recede since it is not (very) living. The purpose here is to whittle away unnecesary dead branches that are handicapping water flow for the good living pieces. In some cases though tiny polyps will form lower down on a damaged polyp stalk.
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| How far down inside the stalk is living tissue? Can the same guidelines be used for say Fox and Bubble corals as well?
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there is very little living tissue on the corallum below the polyp head... but the living matrix on the interior of that branch does run deeper. It varies by specimen but some inches indeed on larger colonies.
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Good thread.I recently fragged my E.parancora colony.With the branching Euphyllia spp. having a tendency to grow out in all diretions,I like to cut off those heads that grow downward into the LR.Since i don't have a tile saw,I use a 4" angle grinder with diamond blade.This has become one of my favorite tools for fragging stoney corals.
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very good tip, Dave. Muchas gracias 
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