Pet Peeve - Do you or don't you?

[Lampshade]

I took this pic just for you guys. Yes, it's an ORA Red Planet, and yes, it's mounted on a frag disk that's nearly bigger than it.


Haha, generally i avoid it, but didn't want to risk anything with this guy. I have a few that i mounted awhile ago on frag plugs that have completely encrusted now. I have a couple that have grown 100% outwards and will not encrust onto the plug, those are in the future plans to break off and reattach. I would say that 80%+ of my frags i removed from the frag plugs, but sometimes the plugs are much easier to glue to the rock....

[don.ald]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Anytime I get a new coral or frag, I cut it off the base and mount it directly to the rock. It drives me to see people puttying frag plugs, or worse, chunks of maricultured bases to their rock work. Even after the coral encrusts, I can see the outline of the plug/base.
Who does it which way and why?

Originally Posted by kien

frag plugs and discs drive me bananas ! However, I do use rubble to mount my frags and then mount the rubbled with frag to my rockwork. I like doing this because it is slightly less ugly and allows me to easily move the frag around which I do frequently.

mount it directly? how? any pics?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by don.ald

mount it directly? how? any pics?

Just wrap a bit of putty around base, stuff it in a crevice. Pretty simple, then frag encrusts onto the rock.