Coral pruners

marie · #1 10-12-2007, 01:38 AM

Does anyone know where i can get a good pair of coral/bone pruners? Ones that can cut through an inch thick acro branch without damaging the surrounding tissue too badly

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #2 10-12-2007, 01:57 AM

http://oceanaquatics.com/store/category/30/396/TAAM/

Would these work? If so, I can pick it up & bring it to you next trip.

michika · #3 10-12-2007, 02:34 AM

Check out online medical supply stores. Stores that also sell farming supplies may carry something similar.

I have also heard of people using dremels, and regular side cutters.

marie · #4 10-12-2007, 03:23 AM

I am hoping for something tried and true that someone has used and know they work

. I also need something that can be used inside the tank so a dremel is out.

I will at some point in the future be looking at pruning this guy down, some of its branches are nearly an inch and a half thick and I don't want to end up doing a hack job on it

Joe Reefer · #5 10-12-2007, 03:46 AM

I have been using these. But I doubt they will do 1.5"dia. I have submerged them many times to make frags and they still open and close with ease. I think the coral clipper at the top of the OA page would work way better on something like that.

Scavenger · #6 10-12-2007, 04:48 AM

Hey Marie, I'm not going to recommend any pruner to you. But when I was fragging some sps, I was frustrated by loosing the frag I cut off. My solution was to glue some soft foam to the sides of the cutting edges of my angle cutters I was using. After snipping with blades, the foam caught and held the frag so it didn't fly away. Not the answer you were looking for, but I thought this might be usefull to you.