New green toadstool!

aggie13reef

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I purchased a green toadstool from the LFS yesterday, I was thrilled because it is the first one I have seen for sale there in months. I am wondering the best way to split these up, should I cut one off the rock with a razorblade? If so how should I reattach it to another piece of rubble? The guy at the LFS said that I could keep it out of water for 15 minutes if I needed to, but with the price of the piece I would hate to take any chances!
 

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Split it as in what? If you meant by fragging, then yours look a bit too small to frag, give it some time and it'll form an umbrella look or mushroom look then just cut around the middle 'stem' part with razor blade, scissors, knife, whatever sharp. Put it in low flow area with live rock rubble and it'll attach itself. Honestly I haven't cut the 'stem' itself, it might probably work but id rather not risk it, as all the polyps are gone. Might take a while to grow back. So I don't think you should cut it off the rock. Don't use glue or epoxy to attach these guys, soft corals tend to slime when glued or epoxied and won't work(some people had success though)

And if you mean by splitting them away from each other, then just use a saw, dremel, bone cutter or some sort of cutting pliers and just break the rock in half. Or saw your way through around the coral so it'll have a thin layer of rock and you can easily glue that to another piece without sliming/harming the coral with glue.

They aren't too sensitive about air, they can last quite a while. But you can always frag it in a bowl of saltwater.
 
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Split it as in what? If you meant by fragging, then yours look a bit too small to frag, give it some time and it'll form an umbrella look or mushroom look then just cut around the middle 'stem' part with razor blade, scissors, knife, whatever sharp. Put it in low flow area with live rock rubble and it'll attach itself. Honestly I haven't cut the 'stem' itself, it might probably work but id rather not risk it, as all the polyps are gone. Might take a while to grow back. So I don't think you should cut it off the rock. Don't use glue or epoxy to attach these guys, soft corals tend to slime when glued or epoxied and won't work(some people had success though)

And if you mean by splitting them away from each other, then just use a saw, dremel, bone cutter or some sort of cutting pliers and just break the rock in half. Or saw your way through around the coral so it'll have a thin layer of rock and you can easily glue that to another piece without sliming/harming the coral with glue.

They aren't too sensitive about air, they can last quite a while. But you can always frag it in a bowl of saltwater.

Thanks for the advice! Yeah I wasn't talking about fragging them but just separating them from each other before they started growing into each other (I know this will be way down the road).
 
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