Mushroom fragging questions

[KahluaZzZ]

i heard some people frag inside tanks.

You can do that if you plan to slice just a tiny piece at the base ( what i mostly do ) but if you plan to chop big pieces, your mush may irritate other close corals, specialy hairy ones. The tupperware method is better for those bigger jobs.

I find it longer to chop mushrooms "pizza style" , slicing through the middle. The recovery is longer..slicing the base is safer, the original mush heals fast and doesn't change his look at the end + you have a brand new baby in matter of days ( if your params are good ) and i never lost one mush this way.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I'll have to try that next i guess. The pizza method is working well for me though, at least for a first time.

I acctually went to Target and got a "frag kit". A small $1 cutting board, some razors, some small shallow rubbermaid bin things and a few small tupperware cups. Also picked up a few clear suction cup soap dishes, come in handy for sticking them on the tank glass inside to hold frags.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

a good steak knife does the job here

 

[zoalover34]

so if u just cut the shrooms stem a new one will grow out of it?

 

[KahluaZzZ]

alyways been successful with that, so yes .
The little shrivelled piece will look crappy like 2 days (depends wich mush/tank condition) then will begin to look more and more like a mush.

 

[CoolWaters]

how much of the stem do u cut off?

i mean how much can u cut off?

 

[TRe]

as long as you get a piece of the mouth it should be fine

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I acctually chopped the whole head off of the stem, left the stem withering on the rock in the tank and it looks like now that its forming into another mushroom. Will have to wait a bit longer but thats what it looks like now. I'll get pics later.