how to frag toadstool??

hawk fish

hawk fish

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i have a neon green toad stool that the LFS told me they would buy from me for over 500...would love to frag the sucker..how would i do it can i just cut off a little edge??
much greener in person
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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just use a razor blade and cut of a piece of the edge gettign both top and bottom flesh, dotn worry about trying to get the base, then take a rubber band and strap it to a rock, you can make several frags at once. they will attach in a week or two to the rocks.
 
rappa

rappa

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I just took mine out and placed it on a cutting board. I sliced it up with a razor blade in pie shaped pieces. Then I tightly attached them to rocks with bridal netting and an elastic. After two weeks, they were attached and I could place them where I wanted in the tank. It has been a while now and they are doing well. Here are some pics. They were taken with the lights off so everything is small right now but you can get the idea.
The first you can see the mommy. Then in the bridle netting. And finally how they look today.




 
hawk fish

hawk fish

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if i frag a little peice from the "stool" part can it kill the coral..also can i just use normal super glue to glue it onto a rock??
 
zanoshanox

zanoshanox

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no, the mother coral will be fine. And do the glueing out of the tank, allow a couple minutes for glue to dry, and then put frags back in the tank...
just curious...how did you get them to offer you 500$ for a toadstool?!?!?
I'd like to sell them all of my corals!! :D
 
hawk fish

hawk fish

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they said because of its color(neon green) they could get rid of it for somewhere in the 7-8's(they asked again today, and my parents wont let me, dont you hate that)

picture dosnt show its true beauty
 
ibew

ibew

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I think he means 50 buck at least I hope a green toadstool isn't that rare being more green than other ones just shows your doing a great job on your tank
 
d0 thy d3w

d0 thy d3w

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could a toadstool be kept relatively small?? like in the 5 inch range if fragging was done often? i like the look of them but i have seen sum monsters which leads em to believe i wouldnt be able to keep one in my 20L
 
hawk fish

hawk fish

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ok you both dont have to beleave me but the owner gave me 200.00$ in store credit for 3 frags.....they were no bigger then 3/4 to 1 inch each..got a pic i will post it later
 
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