Fragging Toadstool !!!

[retiredsailor]

Nice Buck in your Avatar...I guess even the bucks are bigger in TEXAS....What do you guys feed those Deer!

+1 on that buck! I have tons of smaller white tails where I live here in NE Pa. I wish there was more hunting here but it's a neighborhood community so it's not allowed.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

awesome write up, i have been thinking of doing this lately

 

[joshbpaul]

Started with this Green Polyp Toadstool in the center of this pic.
FTS 1/26/14 by ritter6788, on Flickr

The glue isn't really necessary but a light spread of glue can help hold the coral still in a high flow area. The leather slimes though and glue alone won't help it attach much. The rubberband is the key here.
Untitled by ritter6788, on Flickr

Untitled by ritter6788, on Flickr

Untitled by ritter6788, on Flickr

Untitled by ritter6788, on Flickr

Untitled by ritter6788, on Flickr

Untitled by ritter6788, on Flickr

Untitled by ritter6788, on Flickr

Untitled by ritter6788, on Flickr

One day later. You'll want to check the rubberbands from time to time to make sure they aren't too loose or too tight. Just enough tension to keep the frag from moving but not so tight you cut the coral in pieces.
Untitled by ritter6788, on Flickr

10 days later most of the frags were attached and the rubberbands could be removed,
Untitled by ritter6788, on Flickr

Untitled by ritter6788, on Flickr

Green Polyp Toadstool by ritter6788, on Flickr

Thanks for the great instructions. How do you handle the long stalks? I'd like to shorten mine when fragging the polyps. Can I cut straight through and reattach with glue and a large elastic? Thanks!