Out of control

[BKLYN651]

My Monti, Leather,and Candy Cane are growing so large that I think its killing off my other corals. I lost 2 Scolymia and my acan, elegance and others and not receiving direct light. Can I break apart the monti and candy cane and move to bottom? And suggestions? Thanks

 

[BostonReefer300]

You can definitely break off pieces of the monti easily and sell the frags to your LFS. Not sure what to do about the leather as I've never had one. That's an awesome candy cane and I wish mine would grow that big. I'm following this to see if anyone can teach you (us) how to frag that puppy

 

[jassermd]

Definitely can frag the candy cane! Just clip it with a pair of bone cutters at the branch. I usually cut at where the branch attaches to the main stem or another branch. Kind of like pruning a tree...

By the looks of it, you should be able to cut several 4-6 head pieces and still have a large colony.

The leather is another issue. You'll have to pull it and cut with scissors or razor around the edge. Here's a link to a good thread on how to do it...
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/fragging-toadstool.231701/
HTH!

 

[BostonReefer300]

Definitely can frag the candy cane! Just clip it with a pair of bone cutters at the branch. I usually cut at where the branch attaches to the main stem or another branch. Kind of like pruning a tree...

By the looks of it, you should be able to cut several 4-6 head pieces and still have a large colony.

The leather is another issue. You'll have to pull it and cut with scissors or razor around the edge. Here's a link to a good thread on how to do it...
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/fragging-toadstool.231701/
HTH!

For the candy cane frags that you cut off, can you just glue the cut site directly onto a plug? Thx!

 

[BKLYN651]

Thanks, I think I’ll leave the Leather alone and just work on the Monti and Candy Cane. Will post pics next week.

 

[BostonReefer300]

Where are you located? I'd be interested in buying the candy cane frag or swapping for something I have

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

+1 break the candy cane apart at the stress.
The leather toadstool you turn it over and cut around the crown top part in a circular motion.
Than chop that up with siccors into squares or smaller pieces and attach to some rock or plugs with fish line.
The scroll coral yes you can break off chips of it. .
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[BKLYN651]

I purchased a bubble tip anemone. Due to UPS delivery it will be in their hands for 5 days. Can an anemone handle being boxed that long?