Cutting a Trachyphyllia

#1 05-20-2010, 08:07 PM

Jim's off today and I thought it would be nice to bring a trachyphyllia home, but with only a 34G Solana it needed to be cut !

Then I cut it !

I'll give it some time to heal and then take the other half home !

Anyone interested in 1/2 a trachyphyllia !

All the best.

Wendell

PS Next week ill do an Ausy Scoly !

Zoaelite · #2 05-20-2010, 08:14 PM

Wendell have you ever thought of cutting a few apart and then Frankensteinin them back together with different partners? I saw a thread on RC where it was done and it created the craziest combos!

whatcaneyedo · #3 05-20-2010, 08:24 PM

Its actually pretty easy eh? What did you use? I've been using an Inland diamond bandsaw. I've cut this one 4 times now.

Here are two freshly cut halves.

Here is one of the pieces fully healed a while later.

And here is a little piece that accidently broke off and formed a mini colony. Red arrow points towards a pod to show scale.

I just cut this one a few days ago. Picture is from right after cutting. I'll take a picture in a few weeks when it has healed fully and looks like normal again.

the marine apprentice · #4 05-20-2010, 09:20 PM

how do you guys cut these? like between two mouths or what?
what can all be used to cut them

whatcaneyedo · #5 05-20-2010, 10:28 PM

Between or through the mouth(s). Its best to have each piece with a mouth or at least part of a mouth. However the little brain that I ended up with originated as just a bit of flesh on skeleton with no mouth so it is possible to cut anywhere and still end up with a new colony. I've used a wet bandsaw, tile saw and dremal all with diamond blades. I've also heard of using a ring saw or even a hack saw or chisel but those last two would be much more damaging.

A link to this video has been posted a few times on this site http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...ighlight=video