Pet Peeve - Do you or don't you?

ScubaSteve · #1 02-15-2012, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

I just take the cutters and chop it off at the base.

Ya I know. But like Lampshade said, not with the expensive ones

Aquattro · #2 02-15-2012, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ScubaSteve

Ya I know. But like Lampshade said, not with the expensive ones

Well, ya, the expensive ones are the smallest. My red planet frag has sat in a magnet mount for a year, and it's just ready to cut off. Then I'll leave the plug and skin flap where it is and grow a new one, which I'll be able to sell in 2014 or so..

lastlight · #3 02-15-2012, 08:14 PM

One of the frags I got from Dez a while back was mounted to the end of a golf tee. was crazy easy to stick into the rocks and invisible too. I wish all vendors did this! But yeah as soon as I get home I snap them off the plugs and if it's too hard to I chop the stem part of the plug off so it's easier to jam into my rocks.

Funny thing is one of the only sps I've lost was on a plug and now I have a plug without even a frag on it in there. Been forgetting to remove it.

Nano · #4 02-15-2012, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

One of the frags I got from Dez a while back was mounted to the end of a golf tee.

thats a great Idea

lockrookie · #5 02-15-2012, 08:44 PM

im personally not fondof theplugs with the stem i findthemdifficult to work with but onthe new tank i am going to try not to use plugs period. but with some colonies its hard not to

don.ald · #6 02-15-2012, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

Well, ya, the expensive ones are the smallest. My red planet frag has sat in a magnet mount for a year, and it's just ready to cut off. Then I'll leave the plug and skin flap where it is and grow a new one, which I'll be able to sell in 2014 or so..

haha! 2014? no way, you would be surprised how many of us have purchased skin flaps?

Aquattro · #7 02-15-2012, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by don.ald

haha! 2014? no way, you would be surprised how many of us have purchased skin flaps?

The frag I bought took 14 months to grow from a 1/4" to something with a couple of stubby branches. 2014 isn't kidding

lastlight · #8 02-15-2012, 08:54 PM

My Wayner's Red Planet (WRP Ltd Ed) has to be one of the fastest growing corals I've owned. Have you talked sweetly to it?

Aquattro · #9 02-15-2012, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Have you talked sweetly to it?

Define sweetly

Probably not...

Seriously, it's now about 1.5", which took more than a year...

Chowder · #10 02-15-2012, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

Define sweetly

Probably not...

Seriously, it's now about 1.5", which took more than a year...

I have a pink with green rim Millie that has encrusted maybe half a inch in 2 years. That half an inch was in the last two months since I moved it. Would love to see a branch grow out of it. It is just a blob right now.

Chris