How to glue and frag on a big sps colony ?

[cuz]

for fragging it shy of buying larger cutters theres always the "accidental" drop technique!! Or just try your best NOT to break it!! that seems to always cause pieces to fall apart on me!! lol

[Casey8]

No, I don't want to use the "accidental" drop technique LOL
This is my favorite coral that has survived with me for over 3 years from many a tank crashed after crashed though.

[fishytime]

I find a dremel an invaluable tool for fragging..... and sometimes I wedge a screw driver in between two branches and pry.....

[Casey8]

Originally Posted by fishytime

I find a dremel an invaluable tool for fragging..... and sometimes I wedge a screw driver in between two branches and pry.....

That's a good idea ! But is it going to take a long time to heal itself ?

[dreef]

I cut acropora depending with bone cutters or a diamond wheel and dremel.I've had sps heal over the cut in a month or less,and you would never know it had been cut.

[Casey8]

Bone cutters ? Do you mean an electric knife ? I just want to find the easiest way to make it easier for myself without using any force on my wrists. I am injured on my both wrists right now and need to let them have a good rest before I have surgery.

[Reefie]

With the glue-putty-glue method, A little goes a long way. If it is 5" in diameter you may only need to use 1/4 of the putty and a loonie sized dab of glue on each side of the putty will suffice. You only need enough to make a solid contact with the coral and the rock. Make sure you twist it back and forth to fill the nooks and crannies of the rock.

[Casey8]

Thanks reefie, that means I will spend less money than what I thought
I will try to do it again. The last time I was spending almost the whole tube of the epoxy and it still didn't harden fast enough for me to have enough patience to hold it on, even with all the powerheads turned off for 5 minutes. The epoxy was falling apart after like flour and caused a terrible cloudiness in the tank for that whole night. I couldn't make it as a Mexican stand-off as cuz said.