|
|
|
08/26/2006, 06:45 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 128
|
Remove large plugs?
I picked up several new SPS for my tank last week.
The problem I am having is that the plugs on which they are mounted are quite large and thus its difficult to find a place in the reef they can be put. Is it OK to detach the plug? If so how would you recomend doing so? |
|
|
|
08/26/2006, 11:01 PM
|
#2 |
|
Cancer Sucks
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: MN
Posts: 1,398
|
Yes, you can detach them. Usually you can pry them off, or else just cut them off at the base with a heavy scissor or side cutter of some sort. Use some superglue gel to remount your frag, and you're golden.
__________________
[QUOTE=BrianD;21444507]Listen to this man.[/QUOTE] "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." --John Muir Current Tank Info: 210g in the works :) |
|
|
|
|
08/27/2006, 08:01 AM
|
#3 |
|
Premium Member
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Napa, CA.
Posts: 4,625
|
I pretty much remove all plugs, only two in my tank out of 45+ corals, many came on plugs. They are usually pretty easy to snap right off with a pair of needle nose plyers or as otolith mentioned cutting with heavy scissors or heavy duty cutters of some kind. I have a frag cutting kit I bought with really sharp cutters that cut through easily. The plugs can be a pain to find homes for and often have undesireable algae growing on them which I don;t want to introduce into my tank.
__________________
Play hard and respect all living beings. Current Tank Info: 120g Starphire Cube, 30g nanoreef |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
