Are scolys worth it?

PicassoClown04

5000 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
Apr 4, 2020
Messages
6,525
Reaction score
11,053
Location
Houston
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
If y’all are worried about price but like the look, a button scoly may be the way to go. They look great in nano tanks and are (usually) a good bit cheaper than a regular scoly. Probably not worth it in a tank bigger than 45 gallons though, it’d get over looked
 

xxkenny90xx

2500 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
Apr 2, 2019
Messages
4,654
Reaction score
6,040
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I like bonecutters for the branching euphyllias, the heads snap right off! If you have a LFS that you’re friends with (not a Petco type place, like a dedicated fish store) they may frag it for you. I have to do this when I want to sell LPS because I don’t have a coral saw and they do. Lots of ways to frag a frogspawn!
I haven't used bonecutters. I used to use very sharp tin snips and it would work most of the time but sometimes would crush the skeleton. With the dremel I get a perfect cut EVERY time. Maybe one day I'll get some real bone cutters and give that a shot
 

PicassoClown04

5000 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
Apr 4, 2020
Messages
6,525
Reaction score
11,053
Location
Houston
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I haven't used bonecutters. I used to use very sharp tin snips and it would work most of the time but sometimes would crush the skeleton. With the dremel I get a perfect cut EVERY time. Maybe one day I'll get some real bone cutters and give that a shot
I tried the dremel and I felt it got a bit too hot and may have burned the flesh a little because the frag didn’t show very good PE for months. Might’ve been an error on my part but I’m also not a fan of taking my coral into the garage where I do a lot of spray painting, scared of the fumes. I’ll try it again when my euphyllia is ready to frag again, maybe I just need to cut farther from the polyp
 

Form or function: Do you consider your rock work to be art or the platform for your coral?

  • Primarily art focused.

    Votes: 15 7.9%
  • Primarily a platform for coral.

    Votes: 34 17.8%
  • A bit of each - both art and a platform.

    Votes: 127 66.5%
  • Neither.

    Votes: 9 4.7%
  • Other.

    Votes: 6 3.1%
Back
Top