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[Ephraim]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Ontop of dipping new corals, I would recommend breaking the base off. I usually drill into the base and under the coral and just kind of pop it off. The reason is that the eggs are almost always at the base and are not killed by dipping. You can usually see the eggs but I have seen a some clutches that are TINY.

that is a fantastic idea, i hate those ugly aquaculture bases anyways

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Ephraim

that is a fantastic idea, i hate those ugly aquaculture bases anyways

I used to hate to do it because you loose some of the encrusting but a healthy coral is going to encrust within a week or so anyways.

One tip with the Bali corals with the blue plastic bottle cap looking thing in the bottom is to drill all around that thing to loosen up the concrete and then you can carefully pop the coral right out. You then don`t have to break the base at all.

Or you can just chop it right off!