How do I remove..?

EdSnyder · 12/12/2009, 11:02 AM

This coral from this frag plug. It has been in there a couple of months and it looks like it is trying to grow around it but it is taking forever. This is an old pic, since it has doubled in size, but the polops are not extending near the plug. Should I just leave it alone at this point or would it be better to get it out of the plug. If I should get it out how do I do this? I tried pliers, but its in there pretty good.

Thanks, Ed

Butterz · 12/12/2009, 11:05 AM

You can have in encrust the plug no big deal. You should use bonecutters. If it's too big at the base to use the hand style. Then a dremel with a saw will take care of it.

Is the bottom getting enough light and flow?

EdSnyder · 12/12/2009, 11:10 AM

Flow yes, light maybe not.
It has grown quit a bit. It just recently sent out a thin layer of itself accross the top of the plug, about the same time that I saw the loss of polyp extenstion at the base. Could be a coincidence. I dont know.

Butterz · 12/12/2009, 11:14 AM

With corals like that, it's not unusual to have dying branches that are being shadowed.

EdSnyder · 12/12/2009, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butterz

With corals like that, it's not unusual to have dying branches that are being shadowed.

So it is ok to have the base die?

wrott · 12/12/2009, 11:31 PM

The base could very well become skeletonized, like a reef, due to overgrowth.
I would let it be, but you could cut it off or as suggested Dremel it off.
Some SPS do not encrust the base like Acros do. Birdsnest do not, I'm not sure about Montis, but looks like it would have encrusted already if it was going to.(that is a Monti, isn't it?)

EdSnyder · 12/16/2009, 05:53 PM

Heres a couple of updated pics. Other than the base the coral looks great and is growing like a weed.

Should I remove or just leave it?

EdSnyder · 12/16/2009, 09:01 PM

bump

csmfish · 12/16/2009, 09:17 PM

If it is on a rock you like, i would just putty the base and let her go.

12/12/2009, 11:02 AM	#1
EdSnyder Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Port Orange, FL Posts: 527	How do I remove..? This coral from this frag plug. It has been in there a couple of months and it looks like it is trying to grow around it but it is taking forever. This is an old pic, since it has doubled in size, but the polops are not extending near the plug. Should I just leave it alone at this point or would it be better to get it out of the plug. If I should get it out how do I do this? I tried pliers, but its in there pretty good. Thanks, Ed

12/12/2009, 11:05 AM	#2
Butterz Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Iowa Posts: 174	You can have in encrust the plug no big deal. You should use bonecutters. If it's too big at the base to use the hand style. Then a dremel with a saw will take care of it. Is the bottom getting enough light and flow?

12/12/2009, 11:10 AM	#3
EdSnyder Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Port Orange, FL Posts: 527	Flow yes, light maybe not. It has grown quit a bit. It just recently sent out a thin layer of itself accross the top of the plug, about the same time that I saw the loss of polyp extenstion at the base. Could be a coincidence. I dont know.

12/12/2009, 11:14 AM	#4
Butterz Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Iowa Posts: 174	With corals like that, it's not unusual to have dying branches that are being shadowed.

12/12/2009, 11:31 PM	#6
wrott Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,912	The base could very well become skeletonized, like a reef, due to overgrowth. I would let it be, but you could cut it off or as suggested Dremel it off. Some SPS do not encrust the base like Acros do. Birdsnest do not, I'm not sure about Montis, but looks like it would have encrusted already if it was going to.(that is a Monti, isn't it?)

12/16/2009, 05:53 PM	#7
EdSnyder Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Port Orange, FL Posts: 527	Heres a couple of updated pics. Other than the base the coral looks great and is growing like a weed. Should I remove or just leave it?

12/16/2009, 09:01 PM	#8
EdSnyder Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Port Orange, FL Posts: 527	bump

12/16/2009, 09:17 PM	#9
csmfish Moved On Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: VA Posts: 1,055	If it is on a rock you like, i would just putty the base and let her go.