Frogspawn fragging techniques.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2003 9:37 pm
For those of you that left early or did not attend the March meeting, you missed out on a good lesson in fragging. I have never fragged a LPS coral before so it was a learning experience all around.
The coral that was fragged was Terry and Cliff's branching frogpawn (Euphyllia paradivisa). The skeleton of this coral was very brittle and was very easily broken by hand. I have also heard of using a Dremel to cut the skeleton (if you can get it out of the water) or a swift blow from a hammer or crow bar. The latter techniques would only be necessary if the skeleton was dense. I was suprised at how easy this was.
Scott
The coral that was fragged was Terry and Cliff's branching frogpawn (Euphyllia paradivisa). The skeleton of this coral was very brittle and was very easily broken by hand. I have also heard of using a Dremel to cut the skeleton (if you can get it out of the water) or a swift blow from a hammer or crow bar. The latter techniques would only be necessary if the skeleton was dense. I was suprised at how easy this was.
Scott