First shot at fragging a Kenya Tree (1 Viewer)

[Salty Sonny]

So my Kenya Tree is starting to look like a bush and bothering my other corals in my Bio Cube.
I'm going to try my hand at fragging this bad boy in the upcoming days.
After attending last years 4/20 Frag fest at 3CC ,I think I learned enough from the BOD members that I'm not as hesitant to try it.
I'll let you know how it went!
Any advice would be great!!

 

[inigomontoya]

I think you can put a kenya tree in a blender and just end up with millions of frags, should be straightforward. Only advice is to remove the entire coral if possible before fragging. It will slime up after you cut it (scissors are fine) and you will want to let it rest in a bucket with tank water and maybe a little revive, then give a dip in another clean container of tank water before putting back in the tank. The slime has some toxins that can gunk up the tank. Would also run carbon for a little while after to remove any residual stuff in the water.
If you want to remove a whole separate "bush" rather than cut one, that is even easier - just chisel off the foot from the live rock, taking mostly the rock and you won't have any toxins to worry about.

 

[Salty Sonny]

I plan on pulling out the 3 lb pukani rock it's on while the Kenya is extended, put in a bucket and clip off 2 inch tips. Hoping to get about 5-10 frags out of it. then re dipping them in clean saltwater ,let them soak a little while before adding the main piece back in to the display.
Rubber banding each frag to a piece of live rock then putting them on the sand bed until they heal up. Sounds about right?

 

[inigomontoya]

you got it. The main concern with fragging softies is less the survivability of the frags but more the toxins the cutting produces. Also wear the disposable latex gloves. You can also put a couple of drops of lugols in right after the cutting to help healing.