Show me your BIGGEST softie show piece

[jarederaj]

Yea I had buyers remorse at first spending $110 on it, but ive gotten a lot of that back selling some frags to local reefers, its a pretty fast grower, I would compare it to a colt coral if you have ever had one.

Ive never liked getting frags, I usually buy a bigger piece for a little bit more and it has the extra branches to grow fast enough to make lots of frags and make money back relatively fast

Xenia is always a good investment also to let it spread and trade it or sell it for corals/money

 

[SushiGirl]

I've never had a colt coral. I do miss the days before frags...$39.99 for a softball sized galaxea & $29.99 for big brains. Xenia was our first frag in this tank & took off great until my boyfriend put biopellets on the tank. Lost some frags & everything was dying so he pulled them offline. Everything but the xenia has come back. It's all tiny. It will get a little bigger, then shrink again. I think it enjoyed the high nitrates.

 

[ibefishy]

In the left corner of the tank was a toadstool I had that measures 16" across when it wasnt all folded up. I finally got rid of it and bought a small neon green toadstool that is now growing rather large. In the last few months it has gone from the size of a quarter to about 9" across, I have fragged it several times for members of the local ref club that wanted one.

 

[SushiGirl]

16 inches...like I said, won't fit in my 55! :lmao:

 

[trinidiver]

ibefishy, how did you frag it. Always wanted to do it but dont have the ba!!s. Mine is about 8-9". I had it when it was about 2".

 

[ibefishy]

Take a new sharp razor blade and slice off a piece. I generally do a wedge shape and then run a toothpick thru it and rubberband it to a piece of live rock for a few weeks and then it will attach and you have your frag. After it attaches remove toothpick and rubberband. When you frag a softie like a toadstool best to do it out of the DT in a seperate bowl of water because they slime up like crazy.

 

[trinidiver]

ok cool..................thanks