- Location
- Melville, NY
Ok, so after careful consideration and reading up on the threads that I started on fragging hammers and GSPs, I decided that, at the very least, I needed to frag up my GSPs because they were getting way too overgrown on the rock, which, as it happens, is where I glued down my branching hammer. So after watching a youtube video, I decided I was ready and got everything prepared. WELL.....
First off, one of the hammer branches broke off in the bucket on the way to be fragged... and other then the fact that I didnt wanna lose that particular branch, I figured, Ah, what the hell. Its all good. And decided to start on my way with fragging the GSPs. I used a small hobby knife to cut the skin around the area I wanted to frag off, and as was said in the video and the thread, started to try to peel the skin off the rock.
To my utter surprise.... IT DIDNT WORK! The skin wouldnt peel off, it just ripped and tore in small pieces. I saw polyps being destroyed, I could hear them screaming in my head. I felt so bad. I continued because it had to be done, trying to pry it off the rock with my hands, the knife, a pair of tweezers, but nothing worked. In the end, I got no useful frags, and didn't even get anywhere near the amount I wanted to trim off. I felt like MikeyZO... The Destroyer of Small Furry Woodland Creatures!
Well, I thought, the hammers cant be as bad. Boy was I wrong. They don't snap as easily as I thought. I had the base of them (there were 3 frags originally) glued into crevices of the rock. Before I could even get a slight grip on the first one to frag, the entire branch snapped off at the base. "Ok, no big deal, I'll just crazy glue it back in place." But little did I realize that my glue gel stick was... EMPTY! "Ok, dont panic, I still have some epoxy." I quickly snapped off the branch I wanted to frag in the first place and quickly epoxied the rest back down. Now on to the second one. And little to my surprise, the SAME THING happened. Only this time, the epoxy wouldnt hold enough. After about 5 mintues of tinkering with it and the glue, I finally got it to stay. But now I'm afraid I destroyed all the little heads that were budding off the stalks. I feel like such a murderer!! :sad2:
The end result, I still have overgrown GSPs, although its now a partially mutillated colony... I'm afraid of what toxins may have been released into my tank, my nice hammer colony now doesnt look right, BUT I may... just may... have 3 nice frags to do... I dunno what with.
God I need a drink now. :givebeer:
First off, one of the hammer branches broke off in the bucket on the way to be fragged... and other then the fact that I didnt wanna lose that particular branch, I figured, Ah, what the hell. Its all good. And decided to start on my way with fragging the GSPs. I used a small hobby knife to cut the skin around the area I wanted to frag off, and as was said in the video and the thread, started to try to peel the skin off the rock.
To my utter surprise.... IT DIDNT WORK! The skin wouldnt peel off, it just ripped and tore in small pieces. I saw polyps being destroyed, I could hear them screaming in my head. I felt so bad. I continued because it had to be done, trying to pry it off the rock with my hands, the knife, a pair of tweezers, but nothing worked. In the end, I got no useful frags, and didn't even get anywhere near the amount I wanted to trim off. I felt like MikeyZO... The Destroyer of Small Furry Woodland Creatures!
Well, I thought, the hammers cant be as bad. Boy was I wrong. They don't snap as easily as I thought. I had the base of them (there were 3 frags originally) glued into crevices of the rock. Before I could even get a slight grip on the first one to frag, the entire branch snapped off at the base. "Ok, no big deal, I'll just crazy glue it back in place." But little did I realize that my glue gel stick was... EMPTY! "Ok, dont panic, I still have some epoxy." I quickly snapped off the branch I wanted to frag in the first place and quickly epoxied the rest back down. Now on to the second one. And little to my surprise, the SAME THING happened. Only this time, the epoxy wouldnt hold enough. After about 5 mintues of tinkering with it and the glue, I finally got it to stay. But now I'm afraid I destroyed all the little heads that were budding off the stalks. I feel like such a murderer!! :sad2:
The end result, I still have overgrown GSPs, although its now a partially mutillated colony... I'm afraid of what toxins may have been released into my tank, my nice hammer colony now doesnt look right, BUT I may... just may... have 3 nice frags to do... I dunno what with.
God I need a drink now. :givebeer:
