Fragged a Bubble Coral

I just finished the second frag I've done. Which was my Bubble coral.

Just finished up and placed my 2 bubble frags back in the tank!
We'll see what happens! Now just gotta let it heal and then hopefully I can trade one of the frags for something or just sell it.

 

Congrats!

How did you frag it and how big was the original colony? Pictures for crying out loud.

 

yes, I'm interested to hear how you did this. I have a jumbo bubble coral I'd love to frag in two......I didn't even think it was possible to frag a bubble.

 

Here are your pictures Corailline, now settle down xD

The original colony had about a 5in or so Skeleton and it opened about 7in-8in.

What I did:

I had all the polyps close up and took it out of the tank
Set it on a plate

I took a dremel with a rotatory disc on it and cut a line along the skeleton.
Took 2 or 3 passes and made it deeper. about a 1/4th of an inch deep.

Once I thought the cut was deep enough I put a flat head screw drive in the cut I made.
Pushing the screwdriver to one side, made the skeleton break along the cut I made.

So Now there are 2 separate Skeleton pieces and then the skin/polyps joined at the top.

I took a brand new Exacto knife blade and then cut the skin.

And then put the 2 pieces back in the tank.



It is still mad at me :/ Im hoping tomorrow the 2 pieces will be all opened back up.


Here is the Tutorial I found on how to do it:
http://www.netpets.org/fish/reference/reefref/bubcoral.html
In the tutorial he explains how to wedge it apart, but instead I just cut it. I read other tutorials and It wont harm it that much. Wedging it is just more natural and takes longer

 

I'd be pretty mad if my bubble was cut in half.

 

Haha I know.. But it will just have to deal with it..

It'll be fine in a few days.. Hopefully...

 

You want to hit them with an iodine bases dip to prevent BJD and other necrotic tendencies.

 

Cool.

 

+1 Dipping is very important.

 

All back to normal