hey guys I got a hammer coral tonight for really cheap($10 bucks about the size of a base ball once the dead skeleton is removed it is not a branching type ) I have been watching this guy for 6 months it had some tissue die off and is looking generally very healthy . I have seen it for 6 months with out further die off and was wondering how to frag the dead skeleton off . Do I just measure back 1- 2 inches and cut from the live tissue? :maitre
hammer coral fragging
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technically what your talking about is not "fragging" if i understand you correctly because you just want to remove some dead skeletal rock from the live coral probably just to make it more astetically pleasing not to create a two seperate growing organisms right???????? If this is the case then you can safely remove as much as you want and it should be easy as the skeleton of this type of coral is very poreous and will break or cut easily. Keep the coral submerged as best you can till you have to remove it from water ( a tupperware type container) then cut it as close as you want just so you don't hit any live flesh with a side cutter pliers, dremal tool, hack saw, hammer and chisel, (don't laugh - I have done this)whatever it takes to do the job. If you have to take it out on a surface to do this I use a towel dampened with salt water. You will find that the skeleton of this type of coral cuts/breaks very easily, and all will be well. Good luck! no worries here.
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yep, the live tissue is only an inch or so deep - this type of coral adds height vertically as it grows and those earlier chambers are not neccessary to its existance. leave enough skeleton though so you can prop it nicely in the rockwork so it can inflate/deflate without any snagging of the tissue (hammers can inflate as much as 5 fold give or take???? if you know what i mean??
