Fragging Hammer Coral With a Dremel and Giving Them Away
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Learn how I frag hammer corals in this episode!!
I don't have a bandsaw for cutting coral so a knockoff Dremel is the next best thing! After asking the best way to cut this particular type of euphyllia I felt more confident. I always suggest doing as much research as you can when fragging corals you've never fragged before.
I challenge you to pay some coral forward. Make another reefer's day with some free coral. It felt good to share the love with other local hobbyists!
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I just got my first coral it’s a green gonie it’s has open up and is doing great 🙏
Welcome to the addiction my friend! 😉
Gotta give thanks for my company for letting me “borrow “my new drimmel!! Lol
Good way to get it done!!
wait actually why doesn't remmy have more subscribers seriously?
Thanks Steve!
Love your videos! Have you ever fragged a Brain coral? If you haven’t already, please could you maybe look at doing a video on fragging a brain coral! Thanks for all your help!!
I haven't! Another slow grower for sure!
Hi Remy, do you think that Dremel will cut frag plugs in half, coral discs etc no problems?
Good question. I think the diamond wheel would do it, I'd just be afraid of the dremel running off the plug OR the frag plug flying across the room. I was gonna try this to see if it make fragging any easier but haven't had a chance to test yet.
I must not be on the right local reef Facebook pages??? Hmm..
The STL and Surrounding Area Reefing Community was started after another page got shut down by Facebook. SLASH doesn't allow coral posts so I just steer clear when it comes to selling/trading.
me living no where near St Louis 👁️👄👁️
LOL!! Sorryyyyy!!
Noob!! jk jk love watching your channel!
Totally a noob! Not afraid to admit that. 😊
Love your videos! You just come across like a nice honest guy trying to help other reefers out. Keep up the good work!!
Always have been and always will be just a regular dude! Thanks for the watch!
Dremel time
@ 156 you said it not me hahaha😆 have you ever kept a serpent star??
Had a baby serpent star hitchhike into my tank. Haven't seen him in a long time. Threw him in refugium so when I clean it out I'm sure to be scared sh#*less when I see how big it is.
How many RPM do you recommend when cutting with a diamond disk on a dremel?
You inspired me to get a green Japanese weeping willow toadstool and I’m in love so glad I got it and you inspired me Thank You
Toadstools are underrated for sure! Nice pickup!
That's awesome! If you ever give anymore away, I'd totally drive to your area to get one. ;)
Pay it forward?? In my area ppl are selling single xenia and gsp frags for £60 roughly $85 😂 you want a hammer, £90 a head for basic indo 🤦♂️
1st coral was a pulsing xenia and then Zoas, Palys, Mushroom's and then Monti cap and then finally a hammer and i just got the hammer 3 days ago.
I have been bindge watching every video at least 3 times a day for the past week hahaha
Wow!! Thank you!! How large is your tank?! Or tanks?
I have a TH-cam to if you want to see the actual tanks. But I have a modded biocube, 120 big box store reef, and 2 fresh water tanks😁
Still giving any away lol
Lol - long gone!
Hi bahama Lama I just got my first saltwater tank a couple weak ago it set up with a cheap marine light from petco and has 2 clownfish I had a hammer I didnt make it I was wondering could u make like a beginner coral video pls ?
That's a good idea! It's tough because there are so many ways to go about setting up new tanks. My guess is that it wasn't the light and it was probably your water parameters. Don't let that discourage you though! Keep researching and you'll eventually become a coral master.
@@BahamaLlamaCoral thnx for the encouragement :)
I would make a 9hr round trip drive for piece of that hammer. Nobody around me here in Oklahoma carries it.
Really?! You could always order online. Prices have come down a bit.
True but what would be fun about that lol. Keep up the great content man. Loving the videos so far.
Setting up my first saltwater tank.
Trying to figure out how to do the sump
Great video bud 👌 keepem comin please
This was really cool. Really cool idea.
Dang! If you are going to keep giving away coral you should really consider moving down here to Florida. Thanks for another awesome video.
Hammer time
There it is!
Tank just crashed after heater incident fish and inverts are fine, any advice for coral?
Tank params ok? Back to normal now? Might just have to wait it out. As long as the heater didn't explode or anything...I'd check with LFS and other reefers in your area too.
Yikes. Sorry to hear. Like BLC(Remy) said good water parameters are paramount. I would treat this as a new tank situation. Your bio load and bio filtration are going to be way out of balance now and will need time to equalize. Test water for ammonia nitrite and nitrate daily just to be sure. I would also do many (5+)20% water changes over the course of 3 weeks. You don’t want to stress the tank anymore than it already is so slow and steady.
This happened to my freshwater tank once heater died on and lost 3 fish.
If I don’t have that tool is it safe to use something like a razor blade or X-Acto knife
hey Bahama. may i ask if a Diamond blade on my Dremel would work? what kind of blade is that on there?
Snip snip
Always snipping. Errr..now, sawing? Buzzing?
Love this channel! Just starting in the hobby and have learned a lot! Thanks
I'm not ready for coral yet but I'm getting there
Keep on that research! The more you know the better!
@@BahamaLlamaCoral I actually started buying the equipment that I need since I was 9 years old I'm now 59 never did Reef did saltwater fish I'm only going to do a nano reef tank
Merci pour ta vidéo mon ami !!!
Merci! Thank you!!
How much for one
They were $0 😊
Oh 👍
Let me know when you frag more things
What Dremel blade did you use?
how much for one? Do you still have any?
Hey Remy new to the reef community but what facebook group page do you post up to about free frags? Im in the St. Charles area and def dont want to miss out on the next chance to get a frag.
Welcome to the addiction! I posted these to "ST LOUIS AND SURROUNDING AREAS REEF COMMUNITY." It's relatively new and since SLASH doesn't allow posting coral I usually go there.
I have a couple more pieces if you're interested. Shoot me a DM on IG.
@@BahamaLlamaCoral will do!!! I will find you shortly on IG. Thanks!
my first was a hammer but sadly lost it a couple days ago
Nooooooo!!
Bahama Llama Coral I know was well gutted. But now can get another and try again.
Good luck on the trident today!
Thanks! You too!
Zoanthids.com sale? Wish I had some extra cash to join the fun.
my first 2 corals were some rasta zoas and a frogspawn. thanks corner reef!
Just upgraded to a 20 long, i think its time i invest in a hammer...o
Yep one of my first hammers and frogspawn:)
what’s the cost of that exact hammer coral
Maybe $20-30 per head?
Bahama Llama Coral alr hopefully my ai prime could do the job for it to grow
Ayeee 3 min after upload!
Nice video, great shout out to gallery aquatica,i have the fortune to live 15mins away from their store, amazing place.
Love Cam and the crew! They've got a great channel. You're lucky you live so close. Tell them Bahama Llama says hello next time you stop in!
I had no idea the stalks could get that long! 🦉🍻
I think it happens in the larger colonies as all the heads compete for light.
Very jealous of your fellow reefers in your area. :)
Hammer Time keep up the good work
I enjoy watching your videos
Thanks Randy!!
Did you see the huge amount of pink hammers Gateway aquatics got in this week? Also what’s the page do you post on?
No! I gotta stop in! The STL and Surrounding Area Reefing Community. SLASH doesn't allow coral posts so I just steer clear when it comes to selling/trading.
I finally have a zoathid garden and you inspired me
Now sit back and watch it grow!! Any gem zoas in there?
Not yet
That is the same knock off I got I think. After I killed my first hammer coral with a bone cutter trying to get off the plug and cut one head off. It shook too hard and spit every little color tip off. Ended up with about 100 specs on my counter top, placed it in the water and zero color. Ugh. One of those live and learn moments. That is very cool what you do and did for our community. Awesome!
That dremel makes a nice clean cut! Easy on stuff like euphyllia, for sure. Thanks for the watch!
So awesome that you gave away some frags of hammer! I am a big fan of Euphyllias specially hammer & frogspawn.. my very first coral is my toxic frogspawn.. but my favourite in my tank is my gold hammer 👍🏼
Also a reefer buddy gave me some free gsp when I started..👌🏼
Toxic frogspawn!! Nice!! Gold hammers are also one of my favs!
Good as always. Thanks man
You bet!
@@BahamaLlamaCoral love your channel and your vid. Keep going men! I hope, i can start with my 550l tank in to 2 month
My Radion G4 fell into my tank whilst I was asleep, this killed most of my SPS. your videos cheer me up a bit, looking at my tank right now makes me sad :(
Oof, don't let it get you down. I've dropped a light in a tank before and it sucks. Keep your head up!
Remy great video on sharing the love, started reefing 15 yrs had to get out of it. Just started hobby again about 2 months with 32bio cube setup and relearning some new things. Thanks for the information .
Welcome back!
Send some to Oregon!!
Love your Channel Remy, you do things a little different from everyone else. Keep up the great work and hello from Aussie land
I feel like Australia is my spirit country. Although I've never been...I feel a weird connection. Thanks for watching!
The quick/insta set spray from BSI is amazing.
YES! I always forget that stuff when I'm making a supply order.
Nice content Remy, kind touch with the frag and bag hammers for the community 👍
Much appreciated Lee!!
You can’t touch this...... Hammer Time! Great stuff man.
LOL! Classic.
Uff I can uff more hammers to add to my euphyllia Garden.
Haha just realized I put "uff" instead of use haha
All good! I found out that you CAN have too much 😆
@@BahamaLlamaCoral 🤣🤣
Love your videos Remy very informational and a funny sense of humor and you helped me with many things going on with my tanks keep up the good work!
Thanks for the support and feedback!!
You're welcome 😊
You da bess.
I want a dremel
Pick one up! If you frag a lot, it's worth it.
Im in St.Charles whats the facebook group you posted them in would love to join
I think it's St. Louis & Surrounding Areas Reefing Community. It was formed after one of the other frag selling/trading groups was shut down.
There is also the S.L.A.S.H. Facebook page too. So many Facebook pages 🤣
Hey do you know what makes euphilia coral mad and not open up fully my parameters are perfect (I have an acro thriving) maybe flow? Lighting? Idk lol
Check your nitrates. If they are at 0 you might need to dose some nutrients.
Euphylia will actually thrive in dirty tanks 10-20 ppm nitrates
Diamond wheel is the way to go, I used the regular wheel and it sprayed everything everywhere. Any dremel will do fine even the ten dollar ones. My hammer died off and had 2 heads and I cut off the worst one but in the end it all died. Any suggestions in keeping them alive Remy? I have been dosing nitrate and keeping nitrate from 3-6 ppm with neo nitro as you suggested to me before, I just don't want to go overboard so I kept testing everyday and once it got to near 10, I stopped. My frogspawn has gotten a little better but still touchy, mushrooms have improved a little too.
How is PO4? That's another nutrient to keep in check. I think WWC keeps their phosphates around .02. You can also target feed reef roids or coral max.
@@BahamaLlamaCoral , test that all the time too(I am a number chaser I guess, but don't know what else to go off of), been at .00-.03 for a few weeks but got a .06 today so I put in some phosguard. Every time I used reef roids, my phosphate goes up so I am only doing it once a week. Coral Max, does it affects PO4? I know a lot of people use benepets, a few recommended coral feast, and now the new thing is red sea AB+(that raises PO4 too they said). A lot of options out there but when my PO4 was zero, I was getting hair algae so I think it was consuming all my PO4.
Awww, to bad I am not in St Louis. Good thing you did though!!
Always fun to give back!
Well done on sharing the love 🙏🏼
I know it's not the craziest coral in the world but it's got a story. I love corals that have a story.
Bahama Llama Coral Some of the best coral right there. My local lfs have a display tank set up with guys coral and fish that sadly passed away. Best pieces definitely alway have a story
Dude I'm in Chicago I'll pay for shipping cost next time you have a small giveaway like this love your videos you keep it real thanks.
Did when meet when I lived up there? Spent three years working downtown and lived in Frankfort.
@@BahamaLlamaCoral I wish I had meet you when you were living here, I stopped my fish tank for about 5years i started my tank again in January of this year. How much everything as change since I was out of reefing. I'm glad to have found your channel love the information, keep up the good work. Thanks
Great video as always Remy!!!
Thank you Kevin!! Appreciate the watch!
I use the same dremel! I was freaking out the first time I fragged my duncans due to brown jelly 😅 I made a video you can see me shaking a bit lol
It's kinda nerve racking! I feel like I've had so many firsts on this channel but always come out better for it. No complaints about this dremel so far!
I had to break out the dremel for the duncans because I had a bad experience with the bone cutters on my first attempt to frag a frogspawn 🤣 I cracked the single head I was trying to frag but hey! I glued it back together and now it’s 6 heads and earned the Survivor Badge.
You literally answered my question about that cutting wheel. I said out loud "what is that wheel he's using?" and it was like you heard me.
My first coral was a 3 head green hammer from my friend as a gift. It now has 12 heads!
Good work Tyler!! I bet it looks AWESOME as a colony!
Bahama Llama Coral it does man thanks for the reply!
Darn it, I wish you could ship me a drag to Florida!
Maybe one day! If shipping wasn't such a process...maybbbeeeee!
Bahama Llama Coral That would be so amazing! 😭
Great Video Remy!! I am one who watches till the end!
I sincerely appreciate that! Thank you!!