Zoos Fragged themselves...

[Airborneguy]

I'm off for three days in a few hours, so I am going to try to figure this out. I'm gonna hit the LFs to see if they have the plugs and glue and then get to work. Mine also have the long stalks, so I'll probably have to cut them. They are spreading onto other rocks, but mostly growing under each other, cutting off light from the ones on the bottom.

How long can they stay out of the water? I was reading an article posted by Lotus, and think I have the procedure down, but I am still nervous about that part of it.

[Lotus]

They can stay out of water for a few minutes at least. I usually keep a bowl of tankwater there to keep them in while I'm working. It just makes me feel safer to do that.

[Cichlid-Man]

Fragging Zoas Same process for the most part.

You'll have no problems. And even then, zoas are very forgiving. One thing to watch out for with the long stalks, and even short stalks. Make sure your blade is pretty sharp, when you start to cut into them not only will they retract some but they kind of bend over (imagine trying to cut very puncture resistant rubber or something) so you don't want your blade slipping and slicing them up high.

Just take your time and you'll be good.

[Airborneguy]

Okay, I made 4 frags today. One is a break off I was able to do of about 5 polyps, and the other 3 consist of 5-8 polyps glued to reef rubble. I decided against going with the plugs since they stick out until the polyps spread. I'm going to see if they open up and then take some pics so you guys can critique me! I'm also having problems with my computer, which doesn't really help me much....

[Cichlid-Man]

Nice glad things went ok.

[Airborneguy]

Correction, the break off frag was 10+ polyps.