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05-15-2008, 05:45 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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|  Toadstool Leather Growth
Toadstool Coral (Leather) - Sarcophyton
June 2007  
September 2007 
December 2007 
February 2008 
April 2008 
May 2008   - Have been moving other corals around that are affected by shading from this burgeoning monster.
Trying to keep in tank for as long as I can. Days are probably numbered before meeting with chopping block. 
Awfully pretty though. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (Davis Family Reef Aquarium - Home Page/Reef Log) (Best Photos of 2008!)
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05-15-2008, 05:49 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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May 2008
See Above
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05-15-2008, 06:39 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Buffalo N.Y. Age: 24
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hey omard nice toadstool, i just bought a green polyp toadstool last week,. hope mine gets that big and nice looking.how long have you had that leather?
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60g long,15g sump,remote 8gal fuge, 80lbs ls, ? LR lbs, ss65,koralia2 650 gph,mag 7,2 maxi jet1200 hooked up to wavemaker. 216 wattt5+130pc, o.clownpair ,
dragonete pair,sixline,coral goby,blue neon goby,4 scarlet hermits,pepermint shrimp.2 turbo's, green star polyps,green frogspawn,green toadstool, green finger leather,blastomussa,yellow pal,green zoas,pink candy & yellow trumpet,white tip torch ,mushroom's,colt. | |
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05-15-2008, 07:39 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Originally Posted by BluePhish  hey omard nice toadstool, i just bought a green polyp toadstool last week,. hope mine gets that big and nice looking.how long have you had that leather? | I have had it for about 4 years I would guess...I severely pruned it back couple of years ago when about half this big.
Was pretty small when I first got it. Maybe 4" high and 4" across when fully open.
Seemed to grow pretty slowly at first, but then started to double in size every 6 months.
Problem with them getting this large is they start shadowing everything around it.
Won't be much longer before am forced to cut this one back also. Probably could have done couple of months ago, but just could not bring self to do so. 
This one is parked directly under MH...have couple of others in tank, in less light, that seem to have a much slower growth rate...(at least for now.) | |
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05-15-2008, 07:44 AM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tulsa, Ok Age: 28
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never heard of fragging these guys, when you prune it do they begin to develop as well or do they die off? _________ 24G JBJ Nano, 20# Live Sand, 40# Live Rock
Rose BTA, Kenya Tree, Frogspawn, Xenia, bubble coral
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05-15-2008, 08:11 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Originally Posted by Iraf never heard of fragging these guys, when you prune it do they begin to develop as well or do they die off? | Gosh...must be easiest coral to frag there is...just slice and dice. I just shove hunk in small hole in LR and off they go.
To prune, just cut circle on top to size you want (like making a donut) - should do out of tank if possible as lots of possible toxic coral slime released in tank when you cut. (Anthony Calfo method)
You can then frag pieces from part you sliced off if you want.
Here is "best" way to do (according to Sally Jo over at GARF):
1. Cut the head off of the base as close to the top of stalk as possible. Use clean sharp scissors.
2. Cut the head into two equal halves.
3. Starting at the center of the cap cut each half in thin pie shaped slices. (like slicing up like pizza) 
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05-15-2008, 08:40 AM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Louisville, KY ( derby town ) Age: 39
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your tanks always nice to look at Omard, nice leather, ya might trim it
or frag that dude out a bit huh ?. _________ <B><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">[font="Tahoma"] Got Questions? Need Answers?
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05-21-2008, 12:59 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alberta, Canada Age: 22
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cant you give him to your lfs? | |
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