How To Frag Corals With A Dremel

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[@FitLabb]

I’d like to see a video where you show how to use a Dremel to frag Blastos and Acans/Micromussa since I feel like those would be more challenging to do with a Dremel. I bought a Dremel for the purpose of fragging corals in the future, but I’m a bit concerned about using it on some of the Blasto colonies I have growing since it can’t be as precise as a band saw. Great video, thanks! 💪

[@joshneuman8803]

I'm in Spokane Wa. Huge fan! Watch your videos daily you guys rock🤘 so wish I could get corals direct from ya Thank you for the helpful info I'm about to frag my own hammer actually. Timing was just rite on this video. Best regards keep up the good work fragbox

[@MrGarciaJr]

Still on vacation but finally had time to watch!!! Great video as always!

[@sammielou]

I always learn something from your videos. love your channel!

[@wmars4655]

I wouldn't breathe in too much of that magical coral dust, created by dry cutting.

[@Hozay1]

Top notch video.

[@joaofernandothome8186]

Here in Brazil, we are hobbyists, we use a dremel with a diamond disc, which is much safer and cuts much better

[@peterulvestad6418]

I can't believe they allow March to use power tools 😂🤣😂🤣

[@fragboxcorals]

me neither

[@corys.dietrich1448]

😂

[@brian-te4xs]

March, I saw the other day you left a very nice comment on Blue Reef Tanks channel. His channel overall is “Simply the Best”. Take care and always enjoy your posts.

[@chrislovesky5402]

Thanks for the video! Love content like this that helps aspiring coral farmers

[@bakedarea3885]

After you glue it down in your display, how do you frag it in the future? How do you remove it from the rock structure without damaging it? Does the glue not have THAT much bonding power? I've been using glue and epoxy on my hammers but now I am worried I will have to remove the entire rock to prune them in the future.

[@alexpellman8637]

Is that just a standard cutting wheel or is diamond the way to go?

[@damiantosd8720]

Diggs is so cute. Watching whilst dog sitting the family’s 20 year old dog. Some days she is old other days she sprints like a pup. 😂😂

[@romualdomagtuloy3992]

The thumbnail reminds of Boris "not possible" 😂

[@chphqchef8000]

I started working at a LFS and got to frag some corals and tomorrow I get to go in early and help frag the new shipment we got in today super excited 😆

[@quadlawnmowerman]

NOooooo March, don't saltwater your Milwaukie, it does not deserve to rust. Use something cheap and nasty with the saltiness

[@aigomorla]

You know there are diamond saw bits for the dremel that makes cutting though it a lot easier then a regular cutoff wheel. Also you should stress that one should wear saftey glasses when doing it with a dremel, as it has tendencies to throw stuff at you, and by some odds you win the unholy lottery, getting a coral frag shard in your eyes is not pleasent at all.

[@Ray-wr2wr]

I see you have few vermetid snails, do they give corals hard time?

[@carlsmit9981]

Fragbox video day is always the best day.❤

[@fragboxcorals]

awwwwwwwwwww

[@carlsmit9981]

Keep doing what you do. Shaky cam and all. 🎊

[@ou812reefing]

Tia your shop tank Looks Amazing and great frag station 👍🇺🇸

[@hermangrobler851]

Love the vids can you please setup the other studio tanks

[@luissegadepinin8780]

Por un momento creía que estaba en el dentista..... Ñouuuuuuuuuu.... 😂😂😂

[@SomeoneIsAlwaysMovingOnTheSurf]

I like to use a file to get that little edge that sticks off after using the dremel so the surface is flat

[@FranciscoRodriguez-iw5id]

Try getting a diamond cutting wheel works way better then a regular cutting wheel for the dremel

[@menolara17]

Going to share it with the world 😃 well mostly Canada 😢…

[@tohka7365]

Which wheel did you guys use on your dremel? Been wanting to do this but wondering if I needed a diamond cutting disc

[@chrissreef8978]

I have the same question!

[@fragboxcorals]

we used a diamond cutting wheel

[@ricktokaji200]

A GIVE AWAY NICE !

[@Falteredsoul]

Haha that thumbnail is amazing!

[@fragboxcorals]

glad you liked it :D

[@BryznsReef]

Out of all the hammers I had that one grew the best for me too ! its odd the green splatter is a beast

[@rjlumley112775]

Order#234697 hasn’t been shipped out yet so maybe if there are any left? Also you keep saying you're going to do a live one. Is this going to happen?

[@thomast.8546]

Want to visit your store one day. It's a 5hr drive for me though. Would have to make a day trip.

[@fragboxcorals]

come on by !

[@peterulvestad6418]

5 hours, that's a day trip. 33 hours drive or 4 hour flight from here.

[@Sammy31Dee]

You get a new whip yet? Gonna put a low jack on this one right? Go full bait car in Toronto 😂

[@MinusTwoTonsils]

Thanks! I'll be using my Dremel to frag at first. BUT!…my frogspawn and hammers are dropping heads. I recently upped my parameters for a better growth rate. Alk8.9-9, Cal 440-450 mag 1390-1400. I raised them over a weeks period time to those levels. Why would they be dropping heads? Flow isn't crazy. I'm about to pull my hair out cause my acans and favia have grown like crazy since the switch. Even my chalice has exploded. I don't get it.

[@sergtv6907]

Do you have clowns

[@FitLabb]

What levels did you start at for all those parameters? One week is a VERY short period of time to make any significant changes to water parameters as any changes should really take many weeks to even months to achieve. Stability in parameters is much more important than chasing better or ideal water parameters for most corals. Some corals are also more sensitive to changes in water chemistry than others, and euphyllia certain levels tend to fall into that category.

[@bearded-flipflop7122]

I had the same issue,all of a sudden I started losing heads the only thing I could put mine down to was a mag cleaner that was leaching in the tank, I removed that and a couple big water changes and the rest were fine.

[@MinusTwoTonsils]

@@sergtv6907 there’s 1 but he stays away from them.

[@MinusTwoTonsils]

@@FitLabb Not far off actually. Like 8, 400, 1300 Also, people buy from coral farms everyday and acclimate them for only an hour. EVERY other coral is thriving since. They were dropping heads here and there before but seem to be doing it more now. I’m thinking it’s flow. I’m going to move them for a while and see what happens. Either that or my fire shrimp is searching for food in them. I saw him yesterday messing with the frogspawn. He kills my snails too. I’m not a fan. 😂

[@Reeftankmaster]

cool how big a hammer colony can get 😃

[@Reefkeepers_Archive]

"Hammers dont regrow from dead heads" oh march do i have a story for you 😅 The tanks really coming together! Though i want to know, are duncans the same as hammers (ie have a brittle skeleton) or can they be fragged with bone cutters. Anyway, heres an interesting story for you, i have no expirance keeping euphyllias, my tank is young and im not risking it, but that dosent mean i dont know anything about them. My LFS had a hammer colony die on them, white skeleton, no visible tissue, covered in algae ect, they decided to put the skeleton in a display tank because of the blue encrusting sponge that had overtaken it, i kid you not this hammer was ressurected, rose from the dead like a phoenix, about 2-3 months later, after the blue sponge had died off about 10 micro hammer polyps sprouted from the skeleton, theyre still alive now, not full grown yet though as this happened around april. Another great video though. Keep it up!

[@josephposada1830]

It's great that Tia is supervising 😂😂😂

[@Puciferthegreat]

For this application you can buy the cheapest tool an buy decent discs and all is well. Makes super clean cuts for easy glueing too . Absolutely hate using bone cutters, only ever do if there is no other way . Split too many skeletons that way

[@caspermadsen1067]

Can you show acropora fragging?

[@fragboxcorals]

we have in the past please search videos

[@mikemcveigh7623]

How are you liking the organic/mins from fauna marin?

[@luissegadepinin8780]

Im sorry... I was fragging with my ametralladora 😅😂😂😂

[@tb4368]

Remember to always wear eye protrction while fragging. You dont want skeleton in your eyes!

[@mcstan101]

how come you don't remove the vermetid snails at the same time?

[@andreas9181]

I love how March just casually drops the passcode to his phone XD

[@CGKFPV]

Shouldn't it be called Fragalicious

[@ouchh100]

Those vermetid snails are nasty looking!

[@Ulises_415]

I use dremel is great until u gave to chop a blasto or acan colonies, And damn, I just used a razor blade to clean glass on my 40g 😅

[@marcusdoll487]

More fragging videos! (Acros)

[@TheLiddojunior]

Not in Canada so can't win :C

[@kavinaat4003]

234677 >🎉🎉🎉 I posted the order # earlier but didn’t show hopefully this one pops up 🎉🎉🎉

[@kavinaat4003]

Yeaaa hope I win ! Because last week I got a green tip torch and it diedddd😢

[@rubenespinosa1685]

They go for 30 a head at any lfs but can get those green hammers for 20 just about anywhere in the north east 🫵🏼