between me and my friend we bought a huge acan and was wondering...

How do i spplit it in half the guy at the store told me a wet saw.. but i dont have a wet saw is it safe to split the rock by hand? or should i find someone with a saw? the piece is beautifulllllllllll.... orange with red and neoin green is starting to grow on it looks amazing

 

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im also interested

 

ima try to get pictures posted its amazing the acan ive never seen anything like it... but i want to cut it so i can put it in my tank

 

Ya get some pics on here

 

Do you have a dremel?

 

The acan addict I know uses a diamond tipped band saw, which coincedentally he is also a dealer in them.
A dremel with a diamond tipped cutting attachment would work but it is easier to move the whole colony THROUGH the blade on the band saw than it is to follow the colony walls with a dremel and your hand. I can picture someone that hasn't cut a huge colony before literally tearing that beautiful thing up with the slip of a hand. Thats honestly why I have held back from buying huge colonies and fragging them up, without a bandsaw I am scared I would destroy it or damage it pretty bad.
I know there are pics/vids of Anthony Calfo fragging acans with a dremel but the piece was small and easy to deal with.

What kind of acan is it...lordhowensis, echinata, bowerbanki....? The type will determine the fragability of it. Lords are FAR easier to frag then say an echinata which has almost shared corallite walls.

Good luck and keep us posted!

 

I believe you could get away with a dremel, depending on how big the colony is. You may have some polyps die, but if you are careful, you should be ok. Whatever you do, don't use a hammer and chisel. That is bad news, you will most likely end of cracking the skeleton to several polyps killing them, and the rock never splits where you want it to.