How do you like your frags

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by thmh

Wow big surprise seeing how so many people like fresh cut, I myself prefer a healed up frag and it's a cherry on top if it's encrusting. It shows that the frag is healthy and growing and has less of a chance of rtn and stn'ing.

~Tony

It's nice to see that, but I do end up cutting them off as soon as I get them.

[thmh]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

It's nice to see that, but I do end up cutting them off as soon as I get them.

And that is find brad but atleast you knew it was healthy, growing and not stress from a fresh wound to begin with.

~Tony

[MadJellyCorals]

if your lucky to have access to a diamond band saw, you can cut as much plug away from it and have encrusting and the frag YAY!

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by MadJellyCorals

if your lucky to have access to a diamond band saw, you can cut as much plug away from it and have encrusting and the frag YAY!

No, I would still rather it encrusts to the mount point on the rock. It's a pet peeve of mine seeing people mounting frag lugs to their rock (Wayne!!)

[Proteus]

^ exactly.

[thmh]

We like to cut the stem of the frag plug and do a putty glue sandwich to mount all our frags onto the rock work, by the time they fully encrust you can barely notice the frag was on a plug! :-)

~Tony

[reefermadness]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

No, I would still rather it encrusts to the mount point on the rock. It's a pet peeve of mine seeing people mounting frag lugs to their rock (Wayne!!)

Your not doing it right than Brad . Any small plug used will soon be covered and encrusted. Basically just cut the tip off and mount the plug with epoxy and glue. I mean if your acro is encrusting smaller than the size of a frag plug you got a problem. Of course it does take some patience. Also IMO fresh cuts are more likely to go poof. Fresh cuts from a local with a trusted acro isnt bad though.

[Bblinks]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

No, I would still rather it encrusts to the mount point on the rock. It's a pet peeve of mine seeing people mounting frag lugs to their rock (Wayne!!)

And Rich....

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by reefermadness

Your not doing it right than Brad . Any small plug used will soon be covered and encrusted..

No, I can still see the plug under the base. Some people even epoxy the concrete chunks that maricultured colonies ship with Usually, once I cut the frag off, I then have a new piece left on the plug that goes into the frag tank. Fresh cut iece then gets epoxied into the structure with a tapered bit of epoxy and ends up looking natural.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

And Rich....

oh sheesh...