fraging Frogspawn

[jerl77]

anybody have any info on how to frag frogspawn. i have about 600 heads that i what to frag.any info will help thanks jeremy

 

[Deanos]

Check the stickied thread atop this forum for your answer.

 

[jerl77]

what? dont understand

 

[Aquatic Life Direct]

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/fotm/index.php

 

[charile1]

600 heads :bigeyes2: Please post a picture if you have one.

 

[jerl77]

will take tonight

 

[NYreefNoob]

600 Heads Would Fill My Tank Up, Hmmmmm Wonder If My Clown Would Host All Of Them. Want To See A Pic Of It As Well

 

[EmilyT]

:bigeyes: 600 heads! please bring some to the swap!

 

[jerl77]

i have about 600 little heads not hard that you thinking about i should said 600 small purple heads if you know what i mean.its about 18 inch wide by 20 inches i guess 600 stems coming from 5 main heads i will post pics tonight when i get homecan i just cut the soft part of the coarl and glue it to a frag disc

 

[aaron23]

..... omg? i want a piece..... purple heads? o0Fszsszsz

 

[jerl77]

some what like this,can i just cut the head off and glue it to a frag disc?the little brach things i am talking about this is not the real pic but the stem coming off the main body can i cut the soft part and glue it to the frag disc?

 

[tunicata]

" The actual fragmenting process is quite simple - turn on the Dremel and cut off the branches you want to remove. Try to cut in such a way to maximize the available skeleton on the fragment."
Taken from reefkeeping.com

I believe you should be cutting the hard skeleton, not soft tissue. So, I guess as far down (towards the 'body' of the colony) from the head as possible.

btw, if you are swapping frags...that'd be sweet.

 

[marrone]

You don't need a Dremel to frag a Frospawn, just a pair of pilers. You can then easily break off branches from the main colony. Very easy to do. You don't need to glue anything as the branch will have it's own head.

If you're talking about the little frogspawn branches, that grow just under the head of the frogspawn, then you can cut them off with a Dremel and glue them to a rock or frag plug.

 

[aaron23]

you cant break off the tissuish stuff. u hvae to break off the SKELETON in order to frag the coral

 

[Seadog09]

frogspawn

Fragging the animal consist of separating the individual branches from the main body.Cut the branch as far down as possible. If you cut the tissue that particular branch is going to die. :wink1:

 

[jerl77]

i dont have anybranches just soft tissue attached to a frag disc

 

[noelskii]

fics....

 

[Deanos]

can i just cut the head off and glue it to a frag disc?the little brach things i am talking about this is not the real pic but the stem coming off the main body can i cut the soft part and glue it to the frag disc?

Did you read the article?! :letitallo

 

[jerl77]

yes but i dont have a hard part to it i have 4 of thease things about 150 heads each there are attached to my rock with a frag disc no hard part just soft part

 

[EmilyT]

can you take a pic tonight when your heads are more closed up so that its easier to see?
and just to clear up the confusion, most people refer to one of the branches as heads (because they have a mouth-like organ in the center) and the divisions are usually called sweepers and/or tentacles.