Bad 1st fragging experiance!!

[kevo66]

Well fragged my 1st ric, a green florida!

managed to mis the mouth though!

Will the cut off piece survive do you think? Can it grow a new mouth?

 

[chrisstie]

I would do what you planned on doing after fragging them - let them heal in a calm place in the tank and just wait and see. They can make a comeback even if you don't get that cut just right.

Fingers crossed for ya!!

 

[kevo66]

cheers chrisstie, Ive got it in calm flow, reasonable light and dosed some iodine. two chances I suppose, the mother colony still has a mouth so that should be fine I hope!

 

[BigScott]

hey kevo it will be alrigght.. ive done it.. it just takes the piece with out a mouth a lil longer to heal, thats all..if your lucky youll get 2 mouths on it like i did..


scott

 

[kevo66]

cheers scott. shoul i have glued it to the new rock? I jst placd it in an upturned bottle end and covered it but its not settled yet

 

[BigScott]

i have a 20 long frag tank with verry lil flo.. it takes mine a short time to attach to a rock after they heal..i wanna see some pics..lol..

scott

 

[kevo66]

Ha ha, I'll get some pics asap, soon as he's attached.

I think I have too much flow in my nano TBH, I cant seem to find a calm enough place for them!

 

[chrisstie]

If you have some spare rock rubble you can sometimes build a little wall to shield things from flow if you need them to be in a calmer area. Hope this helps!

 

[kiknchikn]

You can't just glue it to a new rock you have to let it attach itself to the rock using one of many, many methods. My personal favorite is to use netting (I use bridal veil) and a rubber band to gently hold it against the rock until it attaches.

The pieces you cut off will likely survive and will probably grow a mouth in 2 - 3 weeks, maybe less. I have yet to lose a green Ric florida in all my botched fragging attempts (I've had 3 or 4 of those now lol)

 

[kevo66]

I like the sound of the band idea, how tight does it have to be?

glad the greens are tough lol

 

[kiknchikn]

Not tight at all. You're just using the rubber band to loosely hold the bridal veil over the Ric.

Here's a pic of what I mean. The bridal veil is twisted in the back with the rubber band holding the twist together. If you have a long flat rock you can just wrap a rubberband around the rock overtop of the bridal veil. I'm sure there are many different ways to do it, but those are the two I use the most.

 

[kevo66]

gotcha. I'll give that a go, thanks!

 

[djscribz]

its safer imo to put the ric in a clean tupperware with holes pocked in the bottom and some sand. doesnt look as good but safer

 

[kevo66]

wont it just attach to the sand?

 

[BigScott]

kevo let it heal first, every one has to find the best method to use for thier own tanks..i had many trial an errors..


scott

 

[kevo66]

Cheers scott, I have it attached with netting to some LR, its healed into a mushroom shape (no mouth yet) but wont attach to the rock its on yet

 

[kiknchikn]

Give it a couple weeks. It should attach as long as you don't have it in a spot where it is unhappy (too much flow for example). If you missed the mouth you might have missed the foot as well, which means it may need to grow a foot to attach with.