fragging a leather...

[spieszak]

http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/s.../IMG_20131225_152214_845_zpsywhjjrn8.jpg.html

hope the pictures made it.

i have a leather with a 'baby'. i'd like to frag the 'baby'. the stalk is pretty long on it. where would be the best place to cut? closest to the base, or nearest the head?

 

[user 26995]

as close to the base as possible.
they dont glue well, so what I do, is use a needle and heavy thread and pass the thread thru the base a couple times and then tie it to a small rock. It will attach itself in a matter of a week or so and you can cut and pull the thread right out of it. It will heal over.

 

[user 26995]

OH I just thought of this...you can actually cut it the length you would like. leave the rest there and it will grow polyps. when it is looking good, cut it again as long as you want. Any part you leave will regrow polyps.

 

[spieszak]

long or short have about the same change of doing ok once cut? seems like the larger something is, the quicker it heals and such...

 

[user 26995]

No doesnt make a difference how long the stalk is. Cut it to where you think it looks good.

 

[spieszak]

oh, and i was already planning on tying it or rubber banding it or something.. glue seems so terribly useless for me. i never get good bonds on much of anything. i know, spread it thick and break the skin under water. i do, it just doesn't ..

 

[user 26995]

You can cut it with a new clean razor blade or its so small, I have a pair of kitchen shears that I use to cut leathers.

 

[spieszak]

anything special i should do after i cut and sew? low light or low flow or anything?

 

[spieszak]

i was thinking the scissors from my frag kit, just because since its small, i could probably just 'snip' it in tank...and thet would help with reach as opposed to a razor blade..

 

[user 26995]

yeah, that would work great.

 

[Ichthys]

oh boy, for some strange reason after reading this thread, this is what came to mind... Samurai Fragger

 

[spieszak]

i have more hair, and less male parts... but, other than that, its probably exactly what it'll look like.

 

[CarlaW]

You could also just wedge the cut piece in amongst a bunch of rubble rock and put it where there isn't much flow in the tank and it should attach itself in a couple of days. Just a thought to save you from all that sewing .

 

[spieszak]

You could also just wedge the cut piece in amongst a bunch of rubble rock and put it where there isn't much flow in the tank and it should attach itself in a couple of days. Just a thought to save you from all that sewing .

I'm considering that, but I have a friend who would like the 'frag' so I need to be a bit careful as to ensuring it doesn't attach to anything BUT the rubble...

 

[CarlaW]

Cut the frag, throw it in a ziploc and a cooler, and take it to them and let them have the worry about where it is gonna attach.........................LOL.

 

[spieszak]

Cut the frag, throw it in a ziploc and a cooler, and take it to them and let them have the worry about where it is gonna attach.........................LOL.

Hey, I like that option! In all seriousness though, giving it a chance to heal up without are car ride and change in tanks seems a little more fair to the leather, even though that would be much easier on me.

 

[CarlaW]

I will be honest here, I have not seen a healthy leather coral that could not put up with one heck of alot of abuse. In my experience, leathers are fairly indestructible, unless you tie them to the bumper of your car. I like the fact tho that you want to give it a chance to heal first .

 

[spieszak]

In my experience, leathers are fairly indestructible, unless you tie them to the bumper of your car..

^This is why I need a bigger tank.. so I can fit the bumper from my car into it.

 

[CarlaW]

^This is why I need a bigger tank.. so I can fit the bumper from my car into it.

Is it "Reef safe" ?

 

[spieszak]

Is it "Reef safe" ?

Anything recent likely would be as it seems we've totally lost the appreciation for the style and flash of things like chrome, and traded it for plastic..
Was in the car a while back with one of the nephews and we saw a K car go by. The young little brat (whom I love dearly) said 'hey look, and old timey car' *sigh* Seems the younger generations will have no idea that style ever existed.