how to frag frogspawn ?
 

Hi I bought a small frogspawn awile ago and now it has 8 heads. I want to frag it. I'm going to get the fraging sheers.What I was wondering is in the tank or out of the tank. If out of the tank should it be in water? and what shold I be carefull of? please help.

If I remember right Wendell showed a number of us how to do it and he used a dremel and cut through the base (where the branch joins).

Doug

Try this link

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/fotm/index.php

A word of caution: power tools and water. Enough said??? Be careful and very aware of what is wet.

Dremel makes a couple of battery operated rotary tools.

Scott

I have fragged frogspawn by just snapping off the heads.
it all depends on how much room between there is.
some are much more compact than others.
HTH.
Neal

me too the way neal does it

I just brake them apart by hand as well. If the heads are too close together, I'm not sure how to do it though.

Yes there is about 2 1/2" between heads so I will try to hand break them. Wish me luck !!!!

Okay, for clarity, don't put the dremel in the aquarium, you take the Frogspawn out, dry the skeleton a bit with a towel and then use the dremel to cut the skeleton.

Doug

I've fragged my frogspawn by accident before. I think they're one of the easiest corals to frag.

side cutters as far away from the heads as possible as the skeleton is very brittle and will shear off pieces... or remove it from your tank and use a dremmel... it'll be fine out of the water for a few minutes, then just epoxy them on to a piece of rock and you're done.

It's really easy

At some of the larger aquarium supply online stores in the good ol' USA, you can get cutters called "Bone Cutting Shears" the are all stainless steel and are used in the medical field for removing digits (fingers and toes). They are sharp and angled well for cutting through skeletal bone without making a mess of things. They work great for doing frags!

thanks for all your suggestions and I will let you know how it goes