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Old 02-15-2012, 07:42 PM
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That being said, I do have frag plugs in my tank from incoming frags I couldn't pop off. And it kills me every time I look at them. Grow corals, grow! I don't want to look at those stupid plugs!
I just take the cutters and chop it off at the base.
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Old 02-15-2012, 07:50 PM
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I just take the cutters and chop it off at the base.
Ya I know. But like Lampshade said, not with the expensive ones
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Old 02-15-2012, 08:09 PM
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Ya I know. But like Lampshade said, not with the expensive ones
Well, ya, the expensive ones are the smallest. My red planet frag has sat in a magnet mount for a year, and it's just ready to cut off. Then I'll leave the plug and skin flap where it is and grow a new one, which I'll be able to sell in 2014 or so..
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Old 02-15-2012, 08:14 PM
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One of the frags I got from Dez a while back was mounted to the end of a golf tee. was crazy easy to stick into the rocks and invisible too. I wish all vendors did this! But yeah as soon as I get home I snap them off the plugs and if it's too hard to I chop the stem part of the plug off so it's easier to jam into my rocks.

Funny thing is one of the only sps I've lost was on a plug and now I have a plug without even a frag on it in there. Been forgetting to remove it.
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Well, ya, the expensive ones are the smallest. My red planet frag has sat in a magnet mount for a year, and it's just ready to cut off. Then I'll leave the plug and skin flap where it is and grow a new one, which I'll be able to sell in 2014 or so..
haha! 2014? no way, you would be surprised how many of us have purchased skin flaps?
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One of the frags I got from Dez a while back was mounted to the end of a golf tee.
thats a great Idea
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im personally not fondof theplugs with the stem i findthemdifficult to work with but onthe new tank i am going to try not to use plugs period. but with some colonies its hard not to
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Old 02-15-2012, 08:51 PM
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haha! 2014? no way, you would be surprised how many of us have purchased skin flaps?
The frag I bought took 14 months to grow from a 1/4" to something with a couple of stubby branches. 2014 isn't kidding
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Old 02-15-2012, 08:54 PM
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My Wayner's Red Planet (WRP Ltd Ed) has to be one of the fastest growing corals I've owned. Have you talked sweetly to it?
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Have you talked sweetly to it?
Define sweetly Probably not...

Seriously, it's now about 1.5", which took more than a year...
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