what is this fraging thing..

excuse my ignorance. but what is it that you do when fraging a coral? or in other words.. what is fraging?

..... its like making a coral spread??...??

if so can you do it on a Brain? Xenia or cabbage leather? how?

 

Fragging means taking a fragment of a coral and separating it from the rest to grow a new colony. Usually you would cut a head or piece off and glue it to a frag plug. It will then grow out into a completely new piece.

What type of brain coral is it?

 

um forgot the id.. its purple with green.. ill post a pic in a minute.

 

this is what im talking about.

 

That is one of the more stony and easier to cut brains. Not completely sure of the name I want to say favia but not sure.

You can frag those pretty easily with a dremil tool by cutting off a section being carefull to cut through as few of the mouths as possible.

Great coloration by the way.

 

Thats a favia, they way i frag those is with a dremel until ur close to the flesh, once you use the dremel to cut thru the rock, use a razor on the under side of the favia to cut the flesh. The reason behind this is it doesnt rip up the skin, and gives a much cleaner and neater cut.

 

oh OK... um even if i don't frag it it will still grow wouldn't it?

 

uhh yeaaa

 

Ya definitely.

I didnt notice you asked about fragging other corals. Xenia and cabbage leather are even easier. Xenia you just peel a section off the rock and tie it to another rock until it attaches to it. Cabbage leather you can cut with scissors and tie to a rock until it attaches.

 

um... ok.. how do i make sure i wont kill them by cutting them?