Torch Coral Questions

[deathdealerdelta]

Hey all,

I picked up a Dragon's Soul Torch Coral today from my lfs and don't care for the base that the LPS was attached to. For some reason it is attached to a base that looks like it would go better in a planted aquarium since it looks like it has green algae on it while all of my live rock is red from the coralline algae. I looked it over but for the life of me I couldn't find a spot where it was attached, it almost looks like it grew from inside of the plug.

If I was going to remove it from the base how would I go about doing it? I can post pictures tomorrow as the tank is on my desk at work.

Thanks in advance.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Hey all,

I picked up a Dragon's Soul Torch Coral today from my lfs and don't care for the base that the LPS was attached to. For some reason it is attached to a base that looks like it would go better in a planted aquarium since it looks like it has green algae on it while all of my live rock is red from the coralline algae. I looked it over but for the life of me I couldn't find a spot where it was attached, it almost looks like it grew from inside of the plug.

If I was going to remove it from the base how would I go about doing it? I can post pictures tomorrow as the tank is on my desk at work.

Thanks in advance.

Pictures would help

 

[littlefoxx]

Can you maybe hide the base in a crevice or crack of your rock? Thats what I do if I dont like the frag plug. Have a torch with a crap plug but didnt want to hurt him so I hid his plug in a crack in the rock so I only see the coral

 

[Lemons]

Like is the torch recessed into the fragment you bought?

Like no stem??

Whenever i buy torches i make sure its got atleast 3" of skeleton so i can saw off the plug and still have lots of room to handle it

 

[deathdealerdelta]

Can you maybe hide the base in a crevice or crack of your rock? Thats what I do if I dont like the frag plug. Have a torch with a crap plug but didnt want to hurt him so I hid his plug in a crack in the rock so I only see the coral

Nope. I'll put pictures up tomorrow, it's difficult and I'm not sure where the coral actually begins on the plugs.

 

[deathdealerdelta]

Like is the torch recessed into the fragment you bought?

Like no stem??

Whenever i buy torches i make sure its got atleast 3" of skeleton so i can saw off the plug and still have lots of room to handle it

It has probably 2" worth of stem on the main stalk. There are 2 stems on this plugs. But its almost like there were holes in the plug and that is where someone placed them in. I'll have pictures up tomorrow of it.

 

[Matt Bravo]

I can see pictures are on the way, other then that what I do is get basically pry it off depending on how much glue is on it

First off, I get bone cutters and chip off as much of the base as possible (sometimes you get lucky and the frag comes off too)

Then, if there’s a lot of glue, I pinch at the glue with the bone cutters around the entire skeleton

After this it’s really easy to just snap it off or get a flathead screwdriver and try to pry it off

Might be a unique process but it’s worked for me at least

 

[deathdealerdelta]

Here are the pictures. The 2 stalks almost come out of the plug.... unless the upper portion of the plug is the base of the coral.

 

[littlefoxx]

Here are the pictures. The 2 stalks almost come out of the plug.... unless the upper portion of the plug is the base of the coral.

On yeah what on Helheim? Thats strange.

 

[deathdealerdelta]

Pictures would help

There are 2 pictures above this one but this is a better shot of the base of the smaller torch. Not sure where the base stops and the torch starts.

 

[deathdealerdelta]

On yeah what on Helheim? Thats strange.

Yeah, not sure where one stops and the other starts.

 

[kevgib67]

Well, I’ve never seen anything like that. But you can clearly see the flat surface of the disk. I would use a dremel with a diamond blade and go across the surface of the disc.

 

[twentyleagues]

Looks to be attached to a rock that is attached to a frag plug. May be able to separate them at the flat face of the plug where the "rock" is attached.

That could be putty also if so be care full.