cellowithgills Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Anybody fragged their mini maxi yet? If you did, how'd it turn out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Talk to the "Mad Doctor" dsoz, he's the nem fragging expert lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Well one we accidentally fragged in a tank move and it did fine. Beth also fragged some recently and we lost one or 2 of them I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellowithgills Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Lost one or two frags? or one or two whole nems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanktop74 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 we lost 1 total nem which equaled 2 frags, I only cut them in half. They were smaller ones. I fragged them the day I bought them, which probably added to the stress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellowithgills Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 So, did you use the Razor Blade method or the Meat Cleaver like this guy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 LOL, no she didn't use the meat cleaver. She used a scalpel blade. Great video though. And she did flatten it town with a paper towel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellowithgills Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Do you think the stress was the only reason? I don't want to try it until I can get some reassurance for some successful frags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Do you think the stress was the only reason? I don't want to try it until I can get some reassurance for some successful frags. absolutely it was stress. The one that didn't make it we had just bought from the store. We were told they were hardy so thought it was worth a try. She fragged 2 that we just bought. One made it the other one didn't. Next time we will likely give the poor thing a chance to acclimate before fragging. Miniwhinny on the forum has fragged a lot of them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Would be cool to see a video of the healing process day by day!I think he did a better job with the cleaver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellowithgills Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Can someone post the exact process after pulling it out of the tank? Or is it just: pull out of tank, press with paper towel, cut, put back in tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Can someone post the exact process after pulling it out of the tank? Or is it just: pull out of tank' date=' press with paper towel, cut, put back in tank.[/quote'] That's pretty much it the only other thing is to place it in a mixture of something like lugol's solution after fragging and we try to put it back in an area of lower flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miniwhinny Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I've fragged well over a dozen. Here's how to do it step by step. 1. Remove from tank and place on a clean cutting board. 2. Pat dry with a paper towel - remove as much slime as possible - it makes it easier to hold when cutting. 3. Gently open up with your (clean) fingers so it's lying as flat as possible and not bunched up (foot down,mouth up) 4. Use a very sharp, clean knife or razor blade make a clean cut directly through the middle making sure you are cutting through the center of the mouth. You MUST have a piece of the mouth on both halves. 5. Put your halves in a small container with the tank water from their tank - I add 2 drops of iodine (to prevent infection) and let them soak for a couple of minutes. 6. Place back in the tank. I usually leave mine in a small container overnight in a low flow,low light area just to let them heal a bit before they get blasted by flow. Like I said - I've fragged well over a dozen into halves. I've fragged one into quarters. I've only ever lost half of one frag and I'm pretty certain it's because I fragged it right after it came out of the box following shipping from Florida. If you've purchased some and plan on fragging I strongly suggest placing them in a container in your tank for a day or two first. This allows them to chill and recover from shipping/purchasing and gives you easy access. Don't put them directly into your tank if you're going to frag - these are very sticky little buggers and once in a crevice it's hard to get them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellowithgills Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 You say Iodine, is that real Iodine, like the brown stuff? or is it aquarium Iodine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miniwhinny Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 You say Iodine' date=' is that real Iodine, like the brown stuff? or is it aquarium Iodine?[/quote'] Yup, the brown stuff lol. I don't use Lugolds. I use Dionne brand, strong iodine, 5%. I think that's the exact same strength as Lugolds but half the price from any farm supply store. It's the same stuff I use on my ponies ';-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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