Interested in fragging palys, but don’t know how.

James_O · Sep 4, 2021

Hi R2R!

I’m interested in fragging my cinnamon palys, but I don’t know how. I have super glue and extra frag plugs, but I don’t know how to go about cutting them and such.

I’m wanting to frag all of these to provide more room for the baby heads to grow, not necessarily to sell at this point:

There’s 3 big heads and then at least 6 of the “baby” heads you see.

Advice? Thoughts?

James_O · Sep 4, 2021

LIreefguy · Sep 4, 2021

Just get frag cutters and cut at the base between the heads

Tired · Sep 4, 2021

Gloves and eye protection, first of all. Grandis are nasty, nasty toxic. Put them in a container of water to calm down before adding them back to your tank, and make sure to run carbon.

Aside from that, yeah, it's easy. Get some bone cutters/coral cutters online, and chop off a piece. Try to cut between polyps instead of directly into polyp stems, and don't be afraid to chop through whatever base they're on. You can re-enlarge the base later.

James_O · Sep 4, 2021

LIreefguy said:
Just get frag cutters and cut at the base between the heads

Does it have to be a frag cutter? Or can it be tank-safe aquascaping tools?

Also, will normal superglue work to hold the Paly to the plug? Or does it have to be a special kind?

James_O · Sep 4, 2021

Tired said:
Gloves and eye protection, first of all. Grandis are nasty, nasty toxic. Put them in a container of water to calm down before adding them back to your tank, and make sure to run carbon.

Aside from that, yeah, it's easy. Get some bone cutters/coral cutters online, and chop off a piece. Try to cut between polyps instead of directly into polyp stems, and don't be afraid to chop through whatever base they're on. You can re-enlarge the base later.

It’s that easy?

Also, what about glue?

LIreefguy · Sep 4, 2021

You can use gorilla glue gel type or crazy glue gel type. Or buy a coral glue from brs.
it’s all the same. Just make not to put too much don’t want to get too much on the paly

James_O · Sep 4, 2021

LIreefguy said:
You can use gorilla glue gel type or crazy glue gel type. Or buy a coral glue from brs.
it’s all the same. Just make not to put too much don’t want to get too much on the paly

Ok, thank you! I was just concerned that the glue on coral contact may hurt it.

Also a little nervous as this is my first time fragging. It’s not right in my mind to cut through the soft tissue of a Paly. ;Dead

LIreefguy · Sep 4, 2021

Those palys are tough. Don’t worry

James_O · Sep 4, 2021

Thanks for your help guys! I’ll get my 5g ready for fragging.

Frostblitz20 · Sep 4, 2021

just wear gloves and googles as since its a paly you dont want to get poisoned. i had a scare when i used bone cutters on a fragplug of zoas and it slipped and sliced my finger open that was againts the zoa's..

MaxTremors · Sep 4, 2021

James_O said:
Hi R2R!

I’m interested in fragging my cinnamon palys, but I don’t know how. I have super glue and extra frag plugs, but I don’t know how to go about cutting them and such.

I’m wanting to frag all of these to provide more room for the baby heads to grow, not necessarily to sell at this point:

There’s 3 big heads and then at least 6 of the “baby” heads you see.

Advice? Thoughts?

As others mentioned, it’s not too hard to do, just make sure to wear gloves and eye protection. But you don’t really need to frag them to make room for more polyps to grow, if you just glue the plug they’re on onto the rock work (or even a larger plug/tile), they’ll just spread out more. Unless you want to sell them, have multiple colonies throughout your tank, or you want to keep the colony small (which if that’s the case, why worry about growing new heads?), it would make more sense to keep the colony together and just provide more space for growth (ie more rock/plug/tile).

James_O · Sep 4, 2021

MaxTremors said:
As others mentioned, it’s not too hard to do, just make sure to wear gloves and eye protection. But you don’t really need to frag them to make room for more polyps to grow, if you just glue the plug they’re on onto the rock work (or even a larger plug/tile), they’ll just spread out more. Unless you want to sell them, have multiple colonies throughout your tank, or you want to keep the colony small (which if that’s the case, why worry about growing new heads?), it would make more sense to keep the colony together and just provide more space for growth (ie more rock/plug/tile).

I don’t really have an intention on selling right now, but the baby heads are just getting shaded by the big heads and aren’t getting that much color. (As you can see from the picture, they are also growing on a weird rubble piece, which adds to the mix)