Who's cut their Jawbreakers

[Daniel62]

Well I picked up one of these at a show recently, it's about the size of a quarter with a small baby underneith. Has anyone on here had the never to cut 1 in half? and if so, how did it go?

Thanks

 

[mayjong]

i haven't cut any of mine, but the (very reputable)reefer who sold me it said they didn't do as well as other mushrooms when cut.
i have about 10-12 now, 1 mother and at least 10 smaller ones...
of course they are growing away from the front of my tank (on back of the rock they're on!)

 

[bobo33]

Come on!! Pics please!!

 

[mayjong]

bad cell phone pic,and you can't see all of them, but you get the idea...

 

[mayjong]

better FTS, many are on the back of the rock...dagnabbit!

 

[Daniel62]

Looks good. How long has it taken you to get the 10 or so that you have?
I have also heard that they do not take to being cut, but that info always seems 2nd hand.


Thanks for sharing.

 

[mayjong]

mine dropped a bunch (like 12) babies within 2 months of when i got it. it has slowed down since, dropping 1 a month or so for the last 6-8 months.
i sold 6 of them for $100 each to recoup the $ i paid for it, but no longer selling, just letting them grow

 

[Daniel62]

Nice, did your mushroom wander around or did the offsping come out from under the original and then they moved around. Also what light are you running?

Thanks
Daniel

 

[mayjong]

a little bit of both.
have them under retrofit cree leds

 

[mayjong]

oh -one more thing that is probably more important, i have them about 5 inches below and 12 inches infront of an mp10, running at about 80%, reefcrest mode. pretty high flow...

 

[philosophile]

I've had similar experiences with my jawbreaker... I have about 9 babies, and got it about 6 months ago. But I've never cut them. I'm not a big fan of cutting mushrooms.... they usually grow fast enough on their own.