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Old 08-31-2007, 06:35 AM
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just got a good size kenya tree frag that came on a really unusual piece of ''live rock'' should i call it? it looks like a side of a clam but is bowl shaped and a centimeter thick and the coral is on the one end of it, so what i'm wondering is how i could possibly take the coral off the rock safely without any major stress or damage on the coral
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leave it on the rock. If needed, bust the rock apart so it's attached to a smaller rock, but don't detach it from the rock entirely. If it's already a good size, it'll have difficulty reattaching and it's not worth taking the risk of it getting infected from cutting a large area of it.
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Old 08-31-2007, 07:02 AM
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ya thats what i think i'll do, i'll break the rock 1/2'' around him, because honestly the beauty of the coral kinda ackward when it's attached to such an unusual piece
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