Toadstol - how to frag it?

sebastian · 09-27-2007, 11:02 PM

i have nice toadstol coral and i'd like to frag it....what should i cut out.....leg or disc??? any other things importent i should be aware of????

Dentoid · 09-27-2007, 11:55 PM

My understanding is you can cut anyway you like and glue the frags to rock. Any part of it can regrow a new toadstool. From Eric Borneman's book, "Aquarium Corals-Selection, Husbandry and Natural History",

Quote:

"Sarcophytons are extremely "cuttable". All sections of the coral are totipotent, meaning that a slice of the colony attached by glue or banding to a substrate can reattach and form another complete colony fairly quickly."

Woodstock · 09-28-2007, 12:07 AM

Make sure you provide good water flow after fragging to keep the wounds clean. Also, they will take a week (or more) to attach to the new surface so be very patient.

sebastian · 09-28-2007, 01:12 AM

thx , i'll try tommorow

fish wilson · 11-02-2007, 11:30 AM

the best way to frag a toad is cut the top off leave the stump it will rejuv. then take the cap and cut into pie peices. glue to plug. put in high flow add lugols iodine for healing. thanks fish

PEMfish · 11-11-2007, 02:02 PM

I`v heard to use super glue, is there any that I should watch out for? Can you glue under water, if not how long do you have to hold it out of water?

hma · 11-11-2007, 02:19 PM

How long does it take to ebb on a reef roof? .......... some hours !

How long must often corals live without water ....... ditto ..some hours !

How long does it take to fragging. ........................ 15 min.? 30 min.? or longer ?

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09-28-2007, 01:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
sebastian Scopas Tang Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: lake zurich, il Posts: 423 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Toadstol - how to frag it? thx , i'll try tommorow __________________ Sebastian member of CMAS 125G AGA + 30G sump (home made) 750W MH + 390W PC light =1140W Wave 2K (4,000 g/h), mag-drive 12 (1,000 g/h) Euro reef skimmer RS 135 Hammer corals, zoo's, green star polyps, neon green button polyps, frogspan, leathers, xenias, 100's mashrooms, ricordias, fungias, green oxypora, snake polyps, brown Caribbean zoanthid (palythoa carribaeorum) regal tang, yellow tang, six line wrasse, cleaner wrasse, (2) lyretail anthias, eibli angel, ocellaris clowns

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hma Golden Moray Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 2,653 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Toadstol - how to frag it? How long does it take to ebb on a reef roof? .......... some hours ! How long must often corals live without water ....... ditto ..some hours ! How long does it take to fragging. ........................ 15 min.? 30 min.? or longer ? __________________ Heinz If you have a great hurry, go slowly. The secret of a successful reef-keeping is balance. Instead of doing everything faster, do everything at the right speed. The Seawater Encyclopaedia Brown Jelly Treatment The Balling Method My Chronicle and www.reefdreams.de as well as mobile.reefdreams.de

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