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02-19-2008, 04:48 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Myerstown, PA Age: 21
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 |  first time fragging, went well...
Ok so the other day I bought a beautiful zoa rock at the LFS for 38 bucks, it probablly has 50-60 very vibrant grean polyps, but they were all around the rock so some were in the shade, so they wouldnt be open as long, dunno if its normal for zoas to close at night but mine do, also had two serpeate zoas with different coloring so I moved a few greens and the two oddbalss which are green and yellow, very easy to do with a sharp hobby knife and some gel glue to attach them...anyway heres a pic, when I get other corals I would like to learn and try to frag them as well once they grow big enough
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...AGA 46 gal. bowfront, coralife 192watt aqualight, koralia 4, aqua c remora w/maxijet 1200 and surface skim box,200watt heater, 40 pounds black aragonite reef sand, 50 lbs. LR...cycling at the moment...
...12 gal. Nano-Cube, heavily modded, becoming a QT/Hospital tank for the new 46 | 
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02-19-2008, 05:34 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey
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Nice job, I am actually about to try my first frag job myself. Karma  | 
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02-19-2008, 06:04 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Beverly Hills, MI Age: 17
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Nice job! the only fragging(?) i have done so far is of my torch coral and it consisted of just breaking one of the heads off karma | |
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02-19-2008, 06:13 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Myerstown, PA Age: 21
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thanks for the replys, the zoas are not really any more difficult then that, just have to be a little carefull cutting them, I'll probablly have to frag the larger group again since I read that they spread quickly, being a nano I think Im gonna stick with mostly soft corals, next one Im getting will be some mushrooms, I'd also like to get some orange ricordia and some different colored zoas
p.s. almost forgot, I found a good how too video on youtube, think i searched fragging, that gave me some comfidence to try it... | |
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02-20-2008, 10:42 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Nice job! It is perfectly normal for zoanthids to close up at night.
PS. I hope that you're wearing gloves when fragging your zoas  | |
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02-20-2008, 11:01 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sacramento, California
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Originally Posted by amcarrig  Nice job! It is perfectly normal for zoanthids to close up at night.
PS. I hope that you're wearing gloves when fragging your zoas | Why gloves? _________ Linda 29g Nano 2 FSL 8000k 36w & 2 AquaLux 36w Blue Pump: 1200 LPH; Maxi-Jet 600 Powerhead 100w Visi Stealth submersible heater 15 lbs. live rock 20 lbs. live sand LIVESTOCK: 1 cleaner shrimp; Asst. snails, 1 emerald crab, Pierre the Cleaner Shrimp and acrobat extraordinnaire, 1 button polyp, 1 green star polyp, 1 red mushroom, 1 Xenia, 1 octopus coral, 1 torch, 1 frogspawn, 1 tree coral, 1 stag coral. Established: 6/20/07 | |
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02-20-2008, 11:03 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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Eye Goggles would be my first line of defense when messing with these corals _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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02-20-2008, 11:10 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Zoanthids contain palytoxin which can be very harmful to certain people. Like Tangster mentions, you might also want to wear goggles when fragging them. | |
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02-20-2008, 11:11 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sacramento, California
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Originally Posted by Tangster Eye Goggles would be my first line of defense when messing with these corals | Why? | |
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02-20-2008, 11:21 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by Linda Why? | Amacarring don't want to step on you post but I want to put my 2 cents in... Why do you need to wear gloves.... goggles
zoanthids contain palytoxin, which is one of the most TOXIC substances known to man.
Palytoxin have killed, Maimed and otherwise made some people very uncomfortable. This person lost a good friend. I have a friend who got some, a very little bit in his eye and he ended up in the hospital.
The Hawaiians used it on the end of their spears to kill things "Palytoxin: History and Prehistory".
Basically it is some really, really, really nasty stuff and you must be very careful when working with zoanthids, not to get it on your skin, in your eyes or mouth or alow any kids or animals anywhere near your work area or equipment! _________ I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.
Every morning is the dawn of a new error.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Last edited by gazog; 02-20-2008 at 11:26 AM.
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