Frag cutting kit that doesn't break the bank

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I'm looking for a frag cutting kit that won't break the bank, specifically I'm looking for large SPS bone cutters that will cut the pegs off my frag plugs. I found bone cutters on Amazon for $15.49. I don't want to pay for the deluxe kit on BRS right now. I'm mainly looking for cutters, would anything from Home Depot or Lowe's work?
 
I would be skeptical of anything from Lowes, Home Depot or even Amazon, honestly, as you really want to get high quality stainless steel, or they will just rust from the saltwater.

I got a pair of just bone cutters from BRS and I'm happy with mine. They don't rust, and it will cut off the peg of your frags plugs.

I don't really think the kits are sa good value, I think they include a lot of stuff you don't really need, and put it all in a fancy case. I'd start with bone cutters, it sounds like you need them. I also have a pair of stainless steel scissors (also from BRS), and a sharpe scalpel or razor knife may come in handy. I sometimes use a pair of tweezers to pull Zoas off rocks, so the tools you need will depend on what corals you're fragging. I'd get just what you need for your corals, and skip the kits 🙂

Good luck!
 
I would be skeptical of anything from Lowes, Home Depot or even Amazon, honestly, as you really want to get high quality stainless steel, or they will just rust from the saltwater.

I got a pair of just bone cutters from BRS and I'm happy with mine. They don't rust, and it will cut off the peg of your frags plugs.

I don't really think the kits are sa good value, I think they include a lot of stuff you don't really need, and put it all in a fancy case. I'd start with bone cutters, it sounds like you need them. I also have a pair of stainless steel scissors (also from BRS), and a sharpe scalpel or razor knife may come in handy. I sometimes use a pair of tweezers to pull Zoas off rocks, so the tools you need will depend on what corals you're fragging. I'd get just what you need for your corals, and skip the kits 🙂

Good luck!
this is what the kit I'm looking at has. Is there anything I don't need in it? I have hammers, a torch, blastos, zoas, sun corals. ricordea mushrooms, a rhidactius mushroom and a maze coral and a toadstool and a sinularia leather.

1x #3 Scalpel handle

5x #10 Scalpel blades.

1x Small coral forceps

1x Soft tissue scissors

1x SPS coral bone cutter

1x 20g BRS extra thick gel super glue
 
this is what the kit I'm looking at has. Is there anything I don't need in it?

1x #3 Scalpel handle

5x #10 Scalpel blades.

1x Small coral forceps

1x Soft tissue scissors

1x SPS coral bone cutter

1x 20g BRS extra thick gel super glue
Honestly, that sounds like a decent kit 🤣

It depends on what corals you'll be fragging, but that's basically what I have and use.

Some cut hard corals and frag plugs with a Dremel rotary tool and diamond cutter is another option.
 
Honestly, that sounds like a decent kit 🤣

It depends on what corals you'll be fragging, but that's basically what I have and use.

Some cut hard corals and frag plugs with a Dremel rotary tool and diamond cutter is another option.
I have a mixture of softies, hammers, zoas, a torch, blastos, sun coral and montipora and a birds nest. The big project now is the plug pegs.
 
That's a probably a decent kit for those corals if you will someday frag them all. If it's affordable, I might just go with that kit. Or, just get the bone cutters it sounds like you need now, and add other tools when they become needed.
 
That's a probably a decent kit for those corals if you will someday frag them all. If it's affordable, I might just go with that kit. Or, just get the bone cutters it sounds like you need now, and add other tools when they become needed.
I just got the bone cutters. This hobby is expensive enough as it is.
 

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