SRC Member markietan Posted April 16, 2008 SRC Member Share Posted April 16, 2008 i'm thinking of breaking up my 8 headed hammer coral coz its quite crowded as it is now.... read that u can use a dremel to saw it off but i dun think i'm gonna invest in one yet. does anyone have any other way to break the branches w/o using brute force? will those normal pliers from hardware shop work? also can i do this dry? as in out of water. don't wanna cut off my finger accidentally. haha i'm think the coral will puke mucus if i take it out of the water so i should probably rinse it first after cutting b4 putting back into main tank right? Quote :DECOMMED 5ft shallow tank: :DECOMMED 3ft tank::DECOMMED 2ft nano tank: :4ft Balcony Tank: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member shootsimon Posted April 17, 2008 SRC Member Share Posted April 17, 2008 Just use a chisel and a hammer. It is ok to take the coral out of the water for a few minutes. Did that before to chisel off the dead part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member markietan Posted September 30, 2008 Author SRC Member Share Posted September 30, 2008 Just use a chisel and a hammer. It is ok to take the coral out of the water for a few minutes. Did that before to chisel off the dead part. thanks for the recomendation, i did just that. actually since my last posting, i've done it many times. coral skeletons are much more fragile than i've exected. actually all live rocks are quite brittle. just a light knock with the chisel and it'll break apart. so definitely no need for dremel... cause the cheapest dremel will set you back a few hundred $$. only useful thing i can think of for a dremel, in terms of fragging is to cut up a plate coral. i dun think they can survive a chisel / hammer action. [OT] anyone tried fragging a plate with chisel / hammer b4? Quote :DECOMMED 5ft shallow tank: :DECOMMED 3ft tank::DECOMMED 2ft nano tank: :4ft Balcony Tank: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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