Coral warfare advice

[ksicard]

I was picking up some carbon and a new test kit and had no intention on buying any livestock until I saw a rock with two corals that I've been searching for, for quite some time now. My concern is that at some point one of the corals will grow over the other killing it, because of their close placement. I don't want to lose either piece and I wanted some advice on what I should do to prevent their warfare. I know the simple answer is to just move one of them but they have both grown into the rock and aren't moving easily, as well as the rock they are on is huge. Here's a picture:

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[heathlindner25]

nice looking rock I remember talking to you when you purchased it, I thought you're going to take a screwdriver and hammer to it?

 

[ralph atl]

move it or lose it!

 

[ksicard]

heathlindner25;856833 wrote: nice looking rock I remember talking to you when you purchased it, I thought you're going to take a screwdriver and hammer to it?

Yeah that's the plan, but I wanted to see if anyone else has any other ideas that might be cleaner. Because I'm pretty sure if I use a chisel method that the montipora is going to get broken into a few pieces and I'd like to keep it as one piece. I might just have to wait till I get my frag saw in about two weeks.

 

[heathlindner25]

ksicard;856855 wrote: Yeah that's the plan, but I wanted to see if anyone else has any other ideas that might be cleaner. Because I'm pretty sure if I use a chisel method that the montipora is going to get broken into a few pieces and I'd like to keep it as one piece. I might just have to wait till I get my frag saw in about two weeks.

are you going to be able to fit that big rock into your frag saw? maybe think about just a band saw?

 

[raz0945]

+1 Inland will only take a rock 2 3/4"! I have used a dremmel, then a chisel & hammer to split a large rock with several corals on it.

heathlindner25;856860 wrote: are you going to be able to fit that big rock into your frag saw? maybe think about just a band saw?

 

[picoreefguy]

heathlindner25;856860 wrote: are you going to be able to fit that big rock into your frag saw? maybe think about just a band saw?

A regular band saw wont work unless you get a diamond blade for it and figure out a way to watercool/lubricate the blade without causing corrosion to all the metal parts

 

[heathlindner25]

what about a tile blade in a handheld circular saw?

 

[picoreefguy]

Tile blade would work but again you gotta worry about water damage to the saw. Without water the rock and blade will heat up potentially hurting the coral if they're close enough to the area you're cutting and the blade would get clogged up with the dust from the rock without water to carry it away

Edit: By the way what kind of montipora is that? It's beautiful

 

[heathlindner25]

I believe it's Jed I mind trick, maybe just score it then go at it with a chisel.
this is a really big rock

 

[picoreefguy]

yea id say do that. or if you have access to an actual tile saw thats got the water reservior under it ust that to cut as much off the bottom as you can and then break it by hitting it on the ground or something to that effect

 

[davidinga]

Hammer and chisel + precision + luck

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