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Toadstool Fraging

DRENALYN9

DRENALYN9

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I Have Fragged A Couple Of Different Types Of Toads In The Past Couple Months. The Way That I Do It May Be A Little Too Crazy For Some People, But Trust Me It Works.

When Fraging Small Toads Cut The Head Off And Force It Into A Hole In A Rock That It Is Tight And Can Recieve Light, Then You Just Wait And Its Like Planting A Seed After Time You Will Have Two Toads The Stump Will Grow A Head And The Head Will Attach And Then Shortly Re Sprout.

With Larger Toads (head Size About 2") Same Idea Cut The Head With A Razor Blad And Then Find Nice Healthy Piece A Rock And Use Good Glue. Only One Side And The Frag Glue, Mount It And Let It Set . By The Time The Leather Detatches For The Glue, The Other Side Without The Glue Will Mount.

It Takes About 1 Months For The Whole Process But Trust Me, It Works. I Started With 2 Toads And Now I Have 4.
 
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masterswimmer

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How would you propose fragging a sarcophyton (2 heads) where EACH head is about 14" in diameter? The following pic shows my tank, 75g. The leathers are just right of center. This is an old pic.

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cali_reef

cali_reef

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masterswimmer said:
How would you propose fragging a sarcophyton (2 heads) where EACH head is about 14" in diameter? The following pic shows my tank, 75g. The leathers are just right of center. This is an old pic.

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With a HUGE razor blade, maybe a sharp 12" cooking knife?? You will be there for a long time with a "standard" single edge razor. In any case, I don't think you want to make 1" frags with the colony, your hand will probably swell up from the slim.

I could never get these slimy cutting to glue down, I now use a nylon netting(you can buy at craft stores call tole), wrapping the small cutting onto a small rock. The cutting will fuse it self to the rock in about two weeks.
 
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masterswimmer

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House of Laughter said:
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Sad but true.
Funny how this hobby does have some inconsistencies. We strive to provide the perfect environment to not only keep these animals alive but hopefully have them thrive. Well this sarcophyton is the epitomy of thriving, to the point of being intrusive. I'm sad to say, it was like putting a baby Naso Tang in a 20 gallon tank. Short term it will live, but long term it is obviously the wrong fish for that tank. I feel this sarcophyton is the wrong coral for this tank too. Left unfragged, I think this coral could conceivably consume my 75g tank. Not what I envisioned originally.

I'm very glad I provided a good home for it, but now my trouble is finding a way to get it out.

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masterswimmer

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cali_reef said:
With a HUGE razor blade, maybe a sharp 12" cooking knife?? You will be there for a long time with a "standard" single edge razor. In any case, I don't think you want to make 1" frags with the colony, your hand will probably swell up from the slim.

I could never get these slimy cutting to glue down, I now use a nylon netting(you can buy at craft stores call tole), wrapping the small cutting onto a small rock. The cutting will fuse it self to the rock in about two weeks.
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Pierce, your advice is greatly appreciated. I asked this of Randy a few weeks ago too. I'm just real nervous about the release of toxins in the tank. Most successful sarcophyton fraggings are done outside the tank. That's just not possible with this specimen.

Randy said to do one head at a time and run carbon aggressively. Do you endorse this method too?

BTW, I already have a whole roll of wedding veil. That's the way I would attempt to attach them to rubble.

Thanks P,
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cali_reef

cali_reef

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I would cut one large head off at a time with a large water change immediately after. Blow it with a powerhead to make it shrink up as much as possible, I think this will minimize the slimming, sharp knife also helps. I have cut a 12" toadstool with a 4" or so of a stem left in my old 90 gallon without killing anything(other than the toadstool, which went into the garbage after the guy never pick it up from me).

Wear latex gloves while dicing if you are not sure if you are allergic.
 
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masterswimmer

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Thanks Cali. This is definitely going to happen......just don't know when.
I will take your advice on the gloves, powerhead, water change and Randy's with the aggressive carbon too.

I'll need to have a 30 gallon tank in the wings just waiting for the frags. One head would yield over 100 frags (if I went 1" x 1"). I could easily get 50 nice size frags out of one head.

Thanks for your input. It will not go unheard. Still nervous though.

I'll need to have a photographer snapping away during this surgery.

Thanks again,
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cali_reef

cali_reef

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I would be more worried about the 30 gallons of water getting slimy by the 50 fresh cut frags:(. Save the water from the water change and flush the 30 gallon tank few hours after the surgery, the slim should have stopped.
 
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