Soft coral

ethuman · 09/30/2017, 08:53 AM

Ive had this coral over a year now and i think its starting to get a little too big for my liking. Just looking for some advice on fragging it... Can i cut it in half? Or quarters? Or should i only cut off a couple of the "fingers" on it?

rudy.guzman.925 · 09/30/2017, 08:55 AM

Pictures? Or what type of coral is it? Fingers? Trumpet coral? Or type of euphillia? Yeah just cut it off with a good clipper or dremmel

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ethuman · 09/30/2017, 09:02 AM

You beat me to it haha here you go

mcgyvr · 09/30/2017, 09:07 AM

It looks fine as is to me.. I like large show piece softies vs smaller pieces spread out..
So what you cut off is up to you..

malacoda · 09/30/2017, 10:52 AM

Looks like a leather coral.

This article serves as a pretty good guideline for fragging them.

You can do it in tank as well, just a little harder to work if space in your tank is limited. Size of pieces you remove at once are up to you. It recommends using rubber bands and allowing the leather frags to attach naturally to frag plugs due to how slimy they are, but I have seen some that were successfully glued.

ethuman · 09/30/2017, 02:41 PM

Great thank you

09/30/2017, 08:53 AM	#1
ethuman Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Buffalo,NY Posts: 194	Soft coral Ive had this coral over a year now and i think its starting to get a little too big for my liking. Just looking for some advice on fragging it... Can i cut it in half? Or quarters? Or should i only cut off a couple of the "fingers" on it?

09/30/2017, 09:07 AM	#4
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	It looks fine as is to me.. I like large show piece softies vs smaller pieces spread out.. So what you cut off is up to you.. __________________ Who me?

09/30/2017, 08:55 AM	#2
rudy.guzman.925 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 23	Pictures? Or what type of coral is it? Fingers? Trumpet coral? Or type of euphillia? Yeah just cut it off with a good clipper or dremmel Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

09/30/2017, 10:52 AM	#5
malacoda Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 37	Looks like a leather coral. This article serves as a pretty good guideline for fragging them. You can do it in tank as well, just a little harder to work if space in your tank is limited. Size of pieces you remove at once are up to you. It recommends using rubber bands and allowing the leather frags to attach naturally to frag plugs due to how slimy they are, but I have seen some that were successfully glued.

09/30/2017, 02:41 PM	#6
ethuman Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Buffalo,NY Posts: 194	Great thank you