Using a tile saw to cut corals
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If it's just light cutting, I've run it dry, or sometimes I'll drip a little tank water on the blade.
If it's some serious fragging and cleaning up rocks off of colonies, I'll put tank water in the basin.
Salt water and power tools... I was a little nervous at first, but when I didn't fry myself, I figured I was ok
YMMV
You could throw one of the Stanley GFCI's on your saw. They are total crap for reefs because e-ballasts can fool them and make them trip. But super touchy GFCI is probably just what you want on a wetsaw
Oh yah, rinse well afterwards.
If it's some serious fragging and cleaning up rocks off of colonies, I'll put tank water in the basin.
Salt water and power tools... I was a little nervous at first, but when I didn't fry myself, I figured I was ok
YMMV
You could throw one of the Stanley GFCI's on your saw. They are total crap for reefs because e-ballasts can fool them and make them trip. But super touchy GFCI is probably just what you want on a wetsaw
Oh yah, rinse well afterwards.
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Well, you do try not to cut and destroy a ton of tissue.
I like to cut through the skeleton until I get close to the tissue and then break through the tissue or slice it with a sharp razor blade. I think it's better that way than to abrade and damage a lot of tissue and causing all kinds of slime etc.
It's normal in nature for corals to propagate through breakage, and I try to do a clean frag/break.
pH and alk swings are a lot worse
I like to cut through the skeleton until I get close to the tissue and then break through the tissue or slice it with a sharp razor blade. I think it's better that way than to abrade and damage a lot of tissue and causing all kinds of slime etc.
It's normal in nature for corals to propagate through breakage, and I try to do a clean frag/break.
pH and alk swings are a lot worse
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And on pH swing...
Normal pH for human blood is 7.35-7.45
If arterial pH drops below 7.35, you can go into a coma.
If it goes below 6.8, then somebody gets to inherit all your corals.
So pH swing is a big deal. You're less likely to die from a clean break in a bone.
Normal pH for human blood is 7.35-7.45
If arterial pH drops below 7.35, you can go into a coma.
If it goes below 6.8, then somebody gets to inherit all your corals.
So pH swing is a big deal. You're less likely to die from a clean break in a bone.