Bone cutters vs Diagonal wire cutters

[xiholdtruex]

Hello have been reading around looking for ways to cut corals. Has anyone tried diagonal cutters to propagate coral?
If not what bone cutters do people recommend. Trying to put together a small fragging kit on a budget.

Thanks in advance

 

[Reeferdood]

Dikes will not work as well, they will not cut coral clean like bone cutters..
They are cheap on Amazon..

 

[mta_morrow]

Bone cutters are typically made of high grade stainless steel and are designed to make clean cuts.

Diagonal pliers are made of regular hardened steel and will inevitably rust and that’s not good for your corals. Also they will crush, not cut coral.

 

[mfinn]

Bulk Reef Supply has a wide variety of fragging tools to pick from.
I've used several different wire cutters over the years and one thing I have found to be consistent was, that if it isn't a fairly high grade of stainless steel, what ever you use will rust pretty fast.
Ecotech sent me a some 8" stainless steel bone cutters a few years ago that have lasted, but are showing rust in places.

 

[motortrendz]

Diagonal cutters will rust. I have a pair I used just to cut the stems off the frag plugs and bone cutters for the coral. I like the diagonal.cutters for the stem over the bone cutters bc they're stronger and it wont dull the bone cutters for a clean cut when you need them.

I have a pair of the brs large bone cutters, small bone cutters, and a pair of long forceps. A scalpel is good too if you do softies.

 

[Zos4me]

I want to cut the stems of the plug so the disk will sit on the rock .what can you cut plugs with?

 

[User1]

Ok, let me just be the odd man out here...

Don't frag! Upgrade!

 

[Hemmdog]

I want to cut the stems of the plug so the disk will sit on the rock .what can you cut plugs with?

I use bone cutters. Aquavitro bone cutters to be more specific.

 

[Zos4me]

Ok thanks

 

[WilliamBowman]

I've a pair of Knipex diagonal cutters. What I like best about this tool is that it really considers the user. It allows me to work more efficiently and accomplish more in the field while reducing my physical stress.

 

[169468]

Do you use the same bone cutters for fragging that you use for cutting the stem off the frag plugs, or do you have separate cutters for each?

I'm wondering whether cutting the frag plugs will blunt the cutters and don't know how sharp they need to be for cutting the corals. Or am I over-thinking this?

 

[mfinn]

Do you use the same bone cutters for fragging that you use for cutting the stem off the frag plugs, or do you have separate cutters for each?

I'm wondering whether cutting the frag plugs will blunt the cutters and don't know how sharp they need to be for cutting the corals. Or am I over-thinking this?

I use the same cutters for both.
I've had the same bone cutter for several years and still works fine.