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08/04/2011, 02:49 PM
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Frag my Kenya Tree
wife asked me to trim down the Kenya Tree that i got from fishybeaner in my Living room nano and i have not fragged before. How could i frag it without taking it out of the tank? also what is the easiest way to get it to attach to the rock rubble i have?
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08/04/2011, 02:51 PM
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Just cut it with a razor blade. Since it's in a nano you might want to do a water change or run lots of carbon after cutting since the juices will spill into the water column and potentially harm other corals.
As for attaching it to a rock I like to use two pieces of rock and a rubberband. Just sandwich the frag between the two rocks and use the rubberband to clamp them together. If you just rubberband it directly to rock sometimes I find that the band pinches the frag and it just splits off and floats away.
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08/04/2011, 03:51 PM
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I used to trim them with scissors. +1 on water change.
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08/04/2011, 04:50 PM
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all excellent advice so far.
I was a big fan of the plastic 'toothpick method'. spear cut piece about 1/2 inch up from cut and then rubberband the toothpick to a chunk of clean dead rock. preferably with the cut end in a depression but where it gets some light flow to keep free from infection. once it attaches, you can slide out the toothpick and then move to more flow and ligh for growout and eventual trade
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08/04/2011, 04:53 PM
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guess i have to go to the store and buy some plastic toothpicks, i only have wooden ones at the moment. thanks for the advice guys
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08/04/2011, 05:06 PM
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you can use wood toothpicks... but i like the rock sandwich better... gl
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08/26/2011, 03:41 PM
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how long does it take for a frag to stick? frag not cut of tree dropped it.
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