Ricordias

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  1. meagan1823

    meagan1823 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Hi,
    I have a ricordia and was wondering how to frag it.
    Can you just do like mushrooms and cut a piece off and it will grow a new one or is there something else to it?
     
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  3. Gexx

    Gexx Giant Squid

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    does it have one mouth or two? if it has two then just cut it in half, that what i did. if it has one then as long as you get part of the mouth in the frag im pretty sure you'll be ok.
     
  4. meagan1823

    meagan1823 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    only has 1 mouth.
    So its not like mushrooms where you can just cut any piece off and it grows a new one.
     
  5. Gexx

    Gexx Giant Squid

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    to be honest im not sure. you might want to look on the internet for more info :)
     
  6. meagan1823

    meagan1823 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    sailorguy Torch Coral

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    I was told by lfs guy you can cut them off leaving a stump,relocate the head, allowing it to reattach in another spot and the stump will grow a new one.Never tried it myself,good luck,Dave
     
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  9. johnmaloney

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    i have heard of the pizza cutting method as long as you include some of the mouth...i never tried it but maybe that will help you in your googling
     
  10. GreyGhost

    GreyGhost Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Cut it iff of the rock and there will be a stump left and it will grow another or you can be patient and let them clone in their own time. the pizza idea will make two deformed mushrooms and you will have a very very long wait for them to look like anything descent again. why not just wait it out or buy another. they are 5 bux around here. I got 3 for 10 last week. let nature do its thing. i was under the impression thats what the hobby was all about. but thats just me
     
  11. ZachB

    ZachB Giant Squid

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    I would just leave it alone and let it grow. They spread fairly quickly.
     
  12. meagan1823

    meagan1823 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    I was just wondering if I could frag them like mushrooms. Im proboly not going to.
    the only lFS I have is Petco and thats where I got it from for $35. Your lucky you have such cheap corals local.