Cutting Coral

[Joe Fish]

I'm going to be getting some 'hairy mushroom' coral from a friend of mine who has it growing like crazy. We are wondering how just to cut the coral correctly. Any ideas?

 

[aresgod]

sharp razor blade...allow it to reattacht to a rock in a low flow area, I use a tupperware container pierced with holes.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

for the mush i use long hair scissors but you should better use a good blade or cutter..less butched

 

[Joe Fish]

where at should you cut the coral? I heard to cut right down the middle.

 

[wayne]

Depends how big.. I cut small. I use milliput disks, and usually sew the frags onto a couple small holes

 

[Joe Fish]

What are milliput disks? The frag won't grab onto the rock will it?

 

[dbacksrat]

You want the frag to "grab" onto the rock, or else it will be carried away by the current, never to be seen again.

 

[Joe Fish]

Could I use that putty stuff? And just how do I get it to grab?

 

[Lorna]

Joe this is a great page for mushroom propagation..... the GARF website is a fountain of information to boot....soooo check it out.

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