newbie...

Subject: newbie... Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:26 pm

Hi all,

This site is exactly whay im looking for! Iv got a nano and my brother and father have both got big tanks. We'r just starting out in fragging and are worried about killing out corals trying to frag.

Some excellent step by step fragging on here which will help us loads!

Well be swapping frags in no time. Wink

Iv learned a lot but soooo much more to learn.

Thanks. cheers

Subject: Re: newbie... Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:24 am

Hello and welcome to the site.
I worried about killing off my corals too, but years later there still here!!!!!!!

Joined : 31 Jul 2007 Posts : 155 Location : Norwich

Its is scary when you first start but so rewarding once you get used to things.
The frag guides are only ideas and my way of doing things. We all do it slightly different so in time you will find your own way of comfortably fragging and attaching.

Subject: Re: newbie... Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:33 pm

Your ideas are much easier looking than my ideas! lol

Im wanting to know you guys tips on splitting zoas.

Iv got a collony of arround 80+ heads thay i dont really want to mess with but if its easy enough 1 or 2 heads would not be missed i dont think?! i also have 2 much smaller collony's one has around 20 heads and one around 10 heads. these are what i would like to try fragging 1st.

Also is it possible to split leathers?

im sure i'll have a million more questions soon. :-)

Regards

Kev...

Subject: Re: newbie... Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:42 pm

Leathers are literally snip or cut pieces off and attach to rocks the stump left would regrow aswell.

Zoas - using gloved hands you can literally pull off the polyps and superglue them onto substrate. Or you can place small pieces of rock around a colony and allow them to grow onto these. This is probably the best way of doing the frag as it means the animals are well established and will not fall off.

Substrates can be pieces of live rubble, shells, milliput etc. I have had frags delivered grown onto cockle shells etc

J

Joined : 31 Jul 2007 Posts : 155 Location : Norwich

With large zoa colonies you normally find a few hanging off the edge or some that can be peeled up on their matting from the rock. Once off just super glue to another rock and place in a low flow area of the tank.
EDIT - you beat me to it Smile

Subject: Re: newbie... Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:39 pm

Simple. I'll be trying that then I want to try and get several variations onto one piece of rock.

As for the leathers.... Would i be better to just cut the whole head off or a "pizza scice" type cut?

BTW Thanks for the help guys

Cheers.

Joined : 31 Jul 2007 Posts : 155 Location : Norwich

If its a toadstool I would take a slice from the side. If you picture a clock face, cut from 7pm to 10pm. Thi piece can them be chopped into smaller pieces.

Subject: Re: newbie... Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:25 am

Subject: Re: newbie... Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:45 am

i think its like this correct me if am wrong

mine have had tenticles/polyps so i dont know for sure but i think it may.

Joined : 31 Jul 2007 Posts : 155 Location : Norwich

Maybe I should have said 7pm till 11pm straight line. Sorry for the confusion.
However to be honest you can slice off any piece any shape and it will grow. Never lost one yet and I have fragged loads of them. I just cut the fragged chunk into little 1-2cm square and super glue to rock.

Subject: Re: newbie... Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:41 pm

Ok thanks guys i'll give it a go.

I'll let you Know how i get on.

Regards.

Subject: Re: newbie... Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:08 pm

Welcome to the site Kev!! A zoa garden (different variations of zoas) is a great think to do, its fun and rewarding, when the different colours of zoas start to grow and mix together they do something called colour morphing, bascially the colour from on polyp and the colour from another mix together and make one, it looks great, i ended up with green and blue centres, the great think was that the zoas were swapped and were from different tanks across the country, 2 frags came from scotland and another frag came from Hampshire (courtesy of Cranners aka NMK) and in the end it was a great combination!!