T Tinyfish Membership Expired Aug 25, 2014 #1 I have a Palythoa that I never mounted on a rock. It has rolled around in my aquarium for 3 years and is of a size to frag. The problem is that there is no rock to cut, only the organism. How can I separate each stalk and remove it?
I have a Palythoa that I never mounted on a rock. It has rolled around in my aquarium for 3 years and is of a size to frag. The problem is that there is no rock to cut, only the organism. How can I separate each stalk and remove it?
E Eckolancer Membership Expired Aug 25, 2014 #2 Just cut them and be careful not to get it in your eyes. Then rubber band it to a rock for a few weeks Sent from pay phone in the airport.
Just cut them and be careful not to get it in your eyes. Then rubber band it to a rock for a few weeks Sent from pay phone in the airport.
T Tinyfish Membership Expired Aug 25, 2014 #3 Cut the stalk? Doesn't all the innards come out and the organism die when that is done? I know it does for zoanthids because I have killed several.
Cut the stalk? Doesn't all the innards come out and the organism die when that is done? I know it does for zoanthids because I have killed several.
E Eckolancer Membership Expired Aug 25, 2014 #4 Not the stalk cut around the base as close as you can Sent from pay phone in the airport.
B Baldguy Aug 26, 2014 #5 Should be easy with no rock or plug to mess with. Just use a razor blade to cut between polyps.