Fragging a scoly

[iani]

A friend had an idea of fragging a Scolymia australis. I told him it probably could be done, but no one has had the guts to do it. He said we should go for it. We used an inland db100 bandsaw to cut the scoly. It looks really good, I'll keep you guys updated.

Pieces after cutting in an iodine dip

One half

The other half

Pieces put together

In my tank

 

[Viva'sReef]

Tagging along here, and good luck!! I have seen them cut some things in half at the Trop that I wouldnt ever dream of doing but they have had good results

 

[xmjxflipx]

what dip do you use ian??? Tropic marin pro coral cure??

 

[iani]

For this I just used generic providone idodine, which seems to work for me just as fine as TMPCC.

 

[droblack]

I salute you and your courage to frag the "unfraggable"! Best of luck!

 

[Dace]

wow i had a friend that told me yesterday that he and a friend were fragging two scoly in half, i'm sure he will love this post. you did a great job

 

[Poseidon]

Taggin' along... Now you have 2 REEAAALLLLYYYYY expensive corals!

 

[msch1999]

Tagging along also

 

[iani]

Thanks everyone. Glad people find this informative.

 

[MitchReef]

A friend cut up a rhizo last year and the frags are all still alive today....

 

[Hypertek99]

Wow you guys have guts!! Too pretty to frag up mine!!

 

[cparka23]

That's something that needs to be put on video just for the 'OMG' factor.

Nice, clean cut. It looks like a winner!

 

[RaysReef]

Wow, I hope it all works as planned

 

[ZOABOY]

I have a nice apple peace coming to me here soon.

 

[bushh23]

That is crazy....Hope it lives though as it would be something spectacular to watch it reform

 

[Acezwild]

awesome to see this being done and with success we hope my LFS last week siad u cant cut them we will wait and see how true that is :smile:

 

[stunreefer]

awesome to see this being done and with success we hope my LFS last week siad u cant cut them we will wait and see how true that is :smile:

You can cut anything... anything!

... if it lives is another question

Really though, everything probably will, and I cannot name one species off the top of my head that I KNOW cannot be cut and survive. Of course, care while fragging, health of the animal, and tool used will make or break your frag.

 

[Dace]

how did you get such a clean cut. can you post a pic of the tool you used

 

[SaraB]

how did you get such a clean cut. can you post a pic of the tool you used

He stated above that they used an Inland db100 bandsaw to cut the scoly. You can pick them up off fleabay for about $200. I believe they use them for stainglass cutting, but it's a wet bandsaw that cuts corals nicely!

 

[iani]

Yup, what Sara said. They come with a pair of diamond blades. The diamonds blades normally cost about 60 dollars a piece so, really the bandsaw itself is very cheap. I've had this saw for a while and I am still on my first blade.