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12/01/2007, 10:48 AM
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Plate coral has been fragged
Well, I pretty much did what the reef keeping article did. diamond blade with the dremel to score it, then just one clip with tin snips and it came apart. When the dremel was cutting the coral, it was giving off the same smell as when you are in the dentist office getting your teeth drilled. I was able to get 9 frags, and keep the mouth attached with one.
  I put two layers of egg create under them when i put them in my tank so they are off the sand bed. I am also running my skimmer a little wetter, and also dropped in a bag of carbon.
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12/01/2007, 12:10 PM
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Looks like a perfect frag job with out any loss from cutting. Nice work on that. I agree with Joe, it's gotta be scarry to cut it up.. What will you do with the new frags and how long do you expect the healing process to take for them?
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12/01/2007, 01:11 PM
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Not sure on the healing time. Hopefully pretty quickly, but I am sure that wont be the case. Since they dont have any mouths, they will need to reply on the lighting to keep them alive. Once they heal, they will be up for sale. Agu, you can have first pick and it will be on the house!
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12/01/2007, 06:30 PM
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If it works out for you, Ill take one for sure.
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12/02/2007, 08:32 PM
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Not sure what happened yesterday with extension as I wasnt home when the lights were on, but today it has looked pretty well. Of course, its not a great as it was before I fragged it, but it doesnt look like it will die either..
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12/02/2007, 08:48 PM
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You are a brave, brave man. I don't know that I would have tried that wit such a beatiful specimen.
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12/04/2007, 02:56 PM
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wow, now that it what I call fragging at its finest
everyone calls you brave, I say you are a budding pioneer, it does take bravery to cut your prized coral up into nine pieces, but if no one ever tried it, would we even know about fragging things?
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12/05/2007, 09:24 PM
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Below are some pics that i just took! I think these frags will be ready to sell really soon! I am thinking 15 for the bigger ones and 10 for the smaller ones. Agu has first choice if he wants one. I will be keeping the one with the mouth.
  Excuse the yellow tang. He is a rescue victim that needed to be saved! He is a happy little guy that eats like there is no tomorrow thankfully!   FTS: 
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12/06/2007, 11:06 AM
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Joe,
Per the article above "Over time the corals regain their roughly circular form, though sometimes they may have unusual skeletal features, and sometimes multiple mouths."
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12/07/2007, 11:57 PM
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I've done it with an orange plate. They recover quickly but takes 4 or 5 months for them to grow into circular shapes (my experience)
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12/12/2007, 12:13 PM
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12/17/2007, 04:24 PM
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if any one from st pete is coming down there id love to have one
just FYI if anyone is traveling =)
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12/17/2007, 08:14 PM
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I'd like to snag square frag just a little haul from Land O Lakes. Anybody from my area heading down or are you ever in the Tampa area?
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