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I've wondered before if a really large curved hemostat type of tool would be helpful to grip the entire base, right at the surface of the rock. Then you could tear it off with the least amount of leftover material at the site (hopefully).

Grabbing hold of a slippery leather in full retraction and trying to "peel" it off its spot will be fun, yes?

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Hmmmm, I'd need a ReallyBig(tm) hemostat .........

BUT, I should mention, when I was in the stage of my reefing career where I was actively pulling xenia off rocks to put them onto other rocks to give away, I used a hemostat, and it worked like a charm. The coral was not damaged, none of it was left behind on the rock, it just came off and was ready for reattachment elsewhere (as long as the new place didn't have so much current as to blow it off the rocks). So you are onto something there...

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Originally Posted by AJ_77

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...the remaining piece has some new polyps extended on it but it will grow so slow now that it's not a big deal...

This is just a question Jon. When you snipped it did anything remain on the original rock? I am just thinking of when you do that to Xenia, it just regrows from the remaining bit. :rolleyes:

Bob, if you check Jonny's quote, I think he's saying that there is some growth from the spot, but not enough to concern him.

Maybe it's much like mushrooms or xenia, and you have to scour the same spot until they stop coming back. Of course on a rock with a half-dozen SPS on it, he's not free to be working on it a lot, and would likely be removing a new leather frag every few months. It'd be interesting to see if the spot eventually gets grown over by the hard corals.

Your thought's are correct Alan, There was a little bit left but because I do waterchanges, use a skimmer, run carbon (not geared toward you bob in anyway) I find softies grow slow in my tank. So the little nub remaining will grow into something in maybe a few years.

Your thought's are correct Alan,

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There was a little bit left but because I do waterchanges, use a skimmer, run carbon (not geared toward you bob in anyway) I find softies grow slow in my tank. So the little nub remaining will grow into something in maybe a few years.

That could make for an interesting discussion, as to why that would be, but it would only work if it could be done without flames, or preconceived opinions, and judgements. Just ideas, and guesses, not the usual "I am so much smarter than you" crap we so often see on this board. :cool: