The Frag Files: Leather Corals --- Gallery Aquatica TV

[@aliceholbert1246]

Mine frag themselves. They are everywhere. Glad mine are happy campers. Addicted to leathers

[@enderucuncu6767]

Thanks for video. in this outbreak we closed home. I spend time watching you. I am waiting for more videos from you. greetings from Turkey

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Ender Üçüncü thank you so much for the positive feedback

[@carlosfuentes5025]

Ania is such an expert !

[@jb9090]

Fragging is fun with Ania!

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

We sure think so! ☺️

[@buckrogers2499]

as always a ray of sunshine thanks ania

[@matmooNZ]

That toothpick hack is geeeenius! Thanks Ania!

[@kingincrimson]

great, informative and hands on video

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Thanks so much for your kind words! Stay safe ☺️ Ania

[@tara_james-bosch]

Thanks so much for sharing, this helped me understand why the glue wasn't working! 🥰

[@kurthunter8940]

Can’t wait to see what is coming up next from this brilliant little lady. I have watched this video and most of your others so many times now.

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Kurt Hunter thank you so much for watching!

[@kurthunter8940]

So what is next?

[@volteface69]

Merci pour cette vidéo Ania !!! 👍👍👍

[@SalamanderFangskin]

beautiful tutorial, thank you Ania! :D

[@BahamaLlamaCoral]

Great video! I just recently shot a video fragging my weeping willow. I love all the tricks for getting them to encrust!

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Bahama Llama Coral thank you for watching! I wish that we have the proper weeping willow here in Australia, I hope one day we get to see one turn up. I’ll definitely check out your video ASAP. Ania

[@BahamaLlamaCoral]

@@GalleryAquaticaTV I'll bring one when I visit! I must visit someday!

[@mybeachshack]

THANK YOU !! Very informative. Preciate your happy, positive presentation.

[@gsander4837]

Good demo

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

G Sander thank you so much for taking the time to comment! Happy Reefing. Ania

[@squarebusinessofficial]

Love this channel

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Thank you so much for your positive words Niu! :) Means a lot to us. Ania

[@anthillpestcontrol9985]

pretty good info :)

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Thank you for watching Jason :) Ania

[@kurthunter8940]

Brilliant and very informative video! A beautifully executed fragging lesson. Thank you, can’t wait for the next one

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Thank you so much Kurt. Ania

[@kurthunter8940]

Gallery Aquatica TV I particularly liked that you covered info about the coral at 3:25

[@jimelliott33]

You always brighten my day Ania, I wish my wife would help me frag my corals 😢 will visit you guys when I’m in oz next year

[@natalbreefing5934]

Thanks for this. The softies are EXPLODING in my tank. Needed to learn how to frag them because the last time I tried it was an epic failure.

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

NATAL B REEFING wonderful news! A great project while we bunker down for COVID isolation 💡

[@natalbreefing5934]

Gallery Aquatica TV some of us are not allowed to bunker down... mask up and get out there! 🤧😷🤣

[@phishreef4338]

Great vid guys. Loved the tip on the iodide 👌🏻 could you do a video on tips to keep and make zoas thrive.

[@manuelrojas9610]

Love ur videos !!!!

[@schummelpilz]

These videos are awesome and incredibly informative. The morph hospitals are a great idea but I haven't seen them anywhere in the U S.

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Thank you. They were designed and made locally here for us to sell. They are called Morph or Ricordea Hospitals, and are available for purchase through eBay Australia, and our webpage www.galleryaquatica.com.au

[@ajsreef1034]

Hey Ania, Hope you guys are all keeping well with this Covid 19 going around.

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Xereo thank you. You too. Stay safe!

[@jessewang6725]

Love these videos! What happens with the toothpick after the coral is attached?

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Jesse Wang G’day Jesse, Thank you so much. The toothpick can be removed once the coral has attached to the base rock/porcelain.

[@TattooedDancer91]

Perfect timing! I have 5 great flourescent sarcophytons, in different colors, and a long waiting list of people who want frags, but I've been hesitant of cutting them. This will boost my confidence! Thanks! Quick question: in a former frag file, you placed acropora frags vertically to increase axial corallites. Are all acropora suitable for that? I want to do it with my spathulata and tenuis that are only encrusting. :)

[@kingincrimson]

please, make a video in this format about setting up and tuning a two part dosing system and preparing the solutions

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

That’s a great idea we have had for a while

[@michelleconabere975]

Loved watching this. I do have a question. If your coral is already glued in the tank and it needs a trim. When you trim it do you need to do anything to the coral as in iodine after you trimmed. Keeping in mind that this is the glued coral on the rock that you have taken the cutting off. The cuttings can be dipped but what about what it was taken off the mother colony is fixed to your rock? Do you have to do anything to the mother colony now that the tissue has been cut?

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Michelle Conabere 4:38 helps Thanks for the great question. Mainly important to add fresh ads or any media ie carbon. You can’t Do much more to benefit the coral other than iodide , check pH is high and maybe an amino acid And vitamin dose ;)

[@atfinthehouse8631]

How can we get those containers?

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

ATF intheHouse they are called Morph hospitals or Ricordea Hospitals; can buy them from us: via either eBay australia , www.galleryaquatica.com.au or contact our Store Facebook page: Gallery Aquatica Wynnum to have our team arrange to send you an invoice and pack it for you etc.

[@theloneaquarist]

Love these videos. But I flinched every time you fixed your glasses. Should we be worried about the toxins from these corals on our hands?

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Hi, thanks for the comment. That’s a great question. My understanding of the allelochemicals within these kinds of soft corals is that they are specifically used in coral warfare and predator deterrence, but are not highly toxic to humans. This is unlike Paltoxin which has been proven to be aerosolised. I’d love it if my glasses would stop slipping so much. ☺️ Ania

[@SevekesReef]

Hi Anja and Kevin , I dose iodine for my sps and lps corals 4 drops a day in a 600 liter aquarium. Sow Iodide i use to dose for my leather corals correct,How much for a 600 liter tank u use to dose ? Thank you for this video . We are learning every day.Greeting from Belgium. Be safe with the corona virus ;-)

[@SevekesReef]

I fraged 3 today 🤪

[@vanderburg.M]

It's so cute when she like goes all serious about not being satan hahaha

[@robertodiazjr7666]

Where can I get fragging containers like that from????

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Robin Hood Jr hi 👋 We sell these via our store. They are called Morph / Ricordea hospitals. Can go through our Facebook to speak with our team, EBay Australia or our website www.galleryaquatica.com.au Thanks for watching. Ania

[@antonp6917]

I hear Wuhan province spplies them aswell 😬

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

I’ve got a question - had a beautiful and happy Sinularia that was attacked at the base of the “stem” by a large cowrie I did not realise wasn’t reef safe. The cowrie had scraped away a layer of the stem flesh near the bottom, and the coral reacted by flopping over and looking very sad and deflated. I figured it was a good opportunity to cut the Sinularia down a bit, so I got some sharp scissors and cut above the part of the stem that had the damage, leaving about half of the stem left with the attached “fingers” remaining untouched. Are the odds good that this will work? Because a lot of the fragging videos I’ve seen are of people fragging the “fingers” off as opposed to just shortening the stem.

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Hi , I do think you’ve got a great chance of recovery there. I would suggest to dose daily Aminos and regular iodide to assist with healing , growth and recovery. Also at the initial stage I would have suggested dipping in an iodine based dip to oxidise and remove any rot and reduce risk of infection. Keep me posted! Ania

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

It worked - kinda. The initial large cut I did didn’t end up working - the toothpick kept sliding out of the base of the frag (no matter how loosely I tied it down) so it would float off the rock I had rubber banded it to. After a few attempts at re-mounting it via the toothpick method I figured I’d cut it down more and ended up with a much smaller (but still relatively substantial) frag, which I put in a little shot glass which was half full of rubble and shells. I didn’t rubber band it or glue it down, just left the white base of the frag sitting on top of the rock in the glass. The glass prevented the frag itself from being affected by flow too much - it stayed in on its own. Within two weeks it had successfully attached to the rock and some of the shells in the glass, so then I took it out of the glass and it’s getting back to normal!

[@xXPinkPunisherXx]

Couple questions for you guys, you touched on multiple methods here, do you find the slightly less intrusive method of attaching the frags on the tile and the rocks (not piercing them with the toothpick) allows for a better frag success rate/quicker recovery period? Do you tend to lose very many leather frags regardless of method? I know with other species like say Zoas for example its not uncommon to just have some frags that never really take and melt away, do you experience that very often with leathers or are they generally so bulletproof they tend to almost always recover provided they get that Iodine dip and have a good supply of Iodide to pull from the water column? Thanks so much! I've got a Green Nepthea colony I need to chop up soon and this video has boosted my confidence on the process substantially! Love from Canada

[@antonp6917]

Genera* its plural for "genus" so i thinks

[@antonp6917]

Great vid btw Can i use Lugol's aswell?

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Anton P Thank you. I believe Lugol’s to be a more concentrated option for Dosing Iodine, but more caution must be used because it is not just the non-toxic form of Iodine (Iodide) such as the Seachem - this safer- which is why I favour it. Ania

[@patrickgirgenti798]

Hello Ania, Where can I buy what looks like a bottle cap and the screen covers? I couldn’t hear the name in the video. I’m thinking those might work with mushrooms.

[@dallasstorm2073]

How did the leather frags work out?

[@richardgaston1066]

Where do you get ricordea hospitals?

[@delikedi524]

How We take out from where They stick?

[@dallasstorm8860]

How well did these do?

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Dallas Storm amazingly! All sold now

[@tiloldars1870]

Ania, are you always this pleasant, or is it for TV?

[@insanity4224]

Great video but how can you handle without gloves they STINK!!! and it’s hard to wash off lol

[@dallasstorm8860]

How did these do?

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Great! They sold quick smart, I don’t know why I’m always so surprised at how many people are keen on propagated Soft corals 🥰

[@boostedbilly7308]

What a shame cutting up a big piece of coral

[@GalleryAquaticaTV]

Boosted Billy there should be no shame whatsoever in promoting Aquacultured corals versus having to rely on wild collected specimens to sustainably support our hobby 😇👍

[@anthillpestcontrol9985]

I prefer Aquacultured corals there the Best

[@coraladdict5059]

Boosted Billy sharing’s caring