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banditpowdercoat
12-11-2012, 04:08 PM
I have a plain brown Digi in the center of my tank, and he's grown quite large. Wondering can one just slice off the excess in the tank? he's on a main keystone rock that will be almost impossible to remove without complete tank upset

Atleast I think it's a Digi? Kinda softish skeleton. Not like Zoa's or mushrooms soft, But can bend him Kinda.
Can see him here in center of tank. Sorry bad pic
http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/374039_4313900097321_1384185696_n.jpg

xenon
12-11-2012, 04:11 PM
Yes. People frag SPS corals all the time.

Go ahead and snap off whatever you dont want.

lastlight
12-11-2012, 04:19 PM
a digi would be hard and in most cases quite brittle. If the skeleton is soft at all you're not dealing with SPS?

subman
12-11-2012, 04:30 PM
If you can bend it I don't think it's sps.
My guess is a leather

Spyd
12-11-2012, 04:41 PM
+1. I think it is a finger leather. You can just slice it in the tank no problem and use an elastic band to attach it to a rock if you want to frag it. Run some carbon after you do it if you want to be on the safe side but you will be fine without it.

banditpowdercoat
12-11-2012, 05:31 PM
OK Finger leather sounds more like it cause I've never had luck with SPS in m y tank. This one came with the tank 3 years ago. Was 1/4 the size then LOL

xenon
12-11-2012, 06:12 PM
The problem with cutting leathers is the toxins they release in the water.

I wouldn't do it without running carbon in a reactor first.