Carbon dosing - method testing started

Thank you Mr Bill
I wear glass normally
I will be using the metal, all purpose wheel I think
I read an article on fragging Frogspawn which is similar, and the author Agu Lukk from RC used the metal wheel for the reason you mention, the other ones can shatter and fly about

 

1st time with a Dremmel
so no images, to nervous about messing it up to worry about recording the process

all 4 tanks now have 3 frags from 4 different mother colonies in
placed in same order, so as any coral issues rather than tank issues can be recognised

corals still closed tight - only finished 10 minutes ago

Tank 1


Tank 2


Tank 3


Tank 4



Lets hope they all pull through the fragging process and then we can see how they do in the different conditions being created

Steve

 

On hind sight you Shoulda fragged them when you started this so they would be somewhat healed before putting them in the tank or if fragging was the reason for dying you would know that.

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Might have been a bit better to let them settle. With FS, you don't cut the flesh though, so, there really isn't anything in need of healing. Perhapse being out of water could be a bit stressful.

 

goof point malac0do13
I have 2 sets of SPS frags basing out in my reef, for transfer later
with these torch corals, I purchased them specifically for these tanks
the good news is, no single mother colony was completely divided by the 4 tanks, so I still have 3 Torch corals with 1 or 2 branches left in my DT

Thans m2434
yep all the cuts are at least 1cm below the white/ cream line that seperates new growth from calcium branch , a couple are a bit longer

a quick summary of the fragging session may be a good idea
all 3 corals to be fragged where wafted to close, lifted and then held by base, and waggled a bit more to get them to fully retract
a handled litre jug was placed in the tank and the corals where lowered into this jug
the jug was then lifted out of aquarium

2 more plastic containers where then partially filled with salt water
4 similar size bits of rubble, created by dropping a larger piece of shelf rock taken from my 6 gallon (been storing rock in there since the 4ft tank issue) on the balcony in a carrier bag

1st coral was lifted out of bucket
Dremel was used to cut the branches to just beyond half way point
long nosed pliers then used to snap the branch from mother colony

each frag from 1st coral was placed back into the jug with the other 2 corals
next coral to be fragged, in same manner as above, but these 4 frags then placed in the next plastic container

repeated for 3rd coral

that way
I had 4 frags from mother colony 1 in 1st jug, 4 frags from colony 2 in 2nd jug etc

after each coral had 4 branches removed , mother colony taken straight back to DT

I used Pries Aquaristic putty to secure these frags
this stuff is not widely available in the US apparently, but it takes 30 seconds to roll enough for 3 frags, and the putty sets within 3 minutes

thus I made a golf ball sized bit of putty
took 1 frag from each jug and located them on 1 of the rocks
once 3 had been secured, rock was placed directly into the small tank

Lights came on 34 minutes ago
all frags have started to extend polyps

 

Oh nice didn't catch what corals you were using before but that should be ok it seems. Especially how thorough you were with keeping everything similar. Good work again. Let's see some picks of them corals.

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Thank you malac0da13
your request for images
taken at 9.18 today 1 hour 18 minutes after lights on
Tank 1

Tank 2

Tank 3

Tank 4


look a lot better after a good nights sleep (Not me, I mean the corals)

PS - a big thank you to those that talked me out of introducing a single clown fish in to each tank
20/20 hindsight of my own
clowns hosting these corals, would have added an unknown into the equation, especially if not all 4 clowns had all decided to host the Torches

 

This thread keeps getting better and better.

Personally I love all the algae, but I know it's being used as a gauge. The Euphyllia are really nice and looking good now.

"all decided to host the Torches".:-/

 

Thanks Cheryl
there is one green frond leaf species in there that is particularly attractive IMO, but having seen the rate that it developed at during 1st couple of months, I decided not to put a cutting in my other tank
look great in a show sump though IMO

LOL at the undecided - none hosting would have been best option and I achieved that by not having them in there

what I meant was
All deciding to host the Torches would have been preferable to 1 , 2 or 3 deciding to do so, as at least that would have been consistent
and consistency aside from the various methods being used to control nutrients, is key to this type of experiment

 

this thread is so cool ;D