Fragging Ricordea

[ewaldm]

I've been able to frag my other discoma type mushrooms pretty easily, however my first attempt at fragging a ricordea polyp failed miserably. What do you all do to frag ricordea? I was thinking of just making a horizontal cut through the middle of the mushroom, and seeing if both sides will heal into separate polyps.


p.s.
First attempt involved cutting the shroom into several pizza like slices.

 

[dc_909]

I slice the entire ric off the rock and attach that to another rock. The part left behind will develop into 1 or more new rics.

 

[ika]

so, the cut is horizontal. I know anemones require a vertical cut right down the center.

 

[nutshells]

ricordea takes sometime to heal, so be prepared

 

[Chad Vossen]

i think you can run a razor acrost a corner of its foot and take a chunk. that should grow into a baby. or take a razor and cut the entire top off leaving the foot behind (worked for me and everything healed and the foot was growing another top within a week) and you can let the top heal and attach to rubble.

if you have multiple mouths, use razor and cut between them. sometimes they heal back together, took me 3 trys to make mine seperate.

i think as long as there is a part of the base or part of the mouth then it should be able to grow back.

remember that propogation should only be done under good water conditions. make your cuts clean. use clean blades. and dont hold me responsible for any losses.

 

[GroYurOwn]

check this site out, lots of ric propigation stuff here, with pics...
http://www.ricordia.org/