Ricordea florida frag and grew diary

[anguswu]

First day at Feb, 26

The Mother
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/an2675/ricfrag/mother0226.jpg

The child with no mouth and heavy injured
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/an2675/ricfrag/small0226.jpg

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3rd day, Feb, 28
The mother
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/an2675/ricfrag/mother0228.jpg

The child, we can see the cut healing.
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/an2675/ricfrag/small0228.jpg

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5th day. March 2
The mother look healed
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/an2675/ricfrag/mother0302.jpg

The child look better.
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/an2675/ricfrag/small0302.jpg

7th day. March 4
The child keep healing
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/an2675/ricfrag/small0304.jpg

15th day, March 12
The child seems grew a mouth
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/an2675/ricfrag/small0312.jpg

17th day, March 14
The child have a clear mouth
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/an2675/ricfrag/small0314.jpg

[cateyes]

very neat...
you actually just cut a plug out of the parent ric? so a mouth doesn't need to be cut out too, the baby will grow its own ?

[anguswu]

Yes, the baby can grow its own mouth.

[cowboyswife]

Awesome pics! Im still working up the nerve to frag my ric.

[kiknchikn]

Great sequence of pics! I've actually begun propping some of my my rics by just cutting small pieces like that off of larger polyps as an experiment and I haven't lost one yet. I'm starting to prefer that method over cutting a large polyp off the rock and cutting it into pieces.

[All Delight]

thats really cool

[reef fanatic]

I have tried this as well when a polyp is on a rock and shrivels up so it is hard to cut. I cut it into thirds and because I didnt separate enough , 2 pieces grew back together , but I still did get at least one new polyp =)).
Scott
got zoanthids?

[newtanksmell]

Congrats.

Seems to me this is far less invasive. Better chance of retaining the mother in the event of potential problems.

I still get chicken skin thinking about slashing through one of my rics. One day. One Day.

Yes, I'm skeered.

[kiknchikn]

Nothing to be scared about. Just practice on some green ones first before you take out the knife on some tricolors or rarer color morphs ;)

[reef fanatic]

hey kikn , have you ever done rhodactis?Im assuming they are like rics or mushies but that is one im thinking of trying....

[kiknchikn]

Actually, I've only ever fragged ricordeas as far as shrooms go. I've pretty much left everything else alone :D

[anguswu]

I did cut rhodactis into two pieces. Both of them are alive.

[Scuba Josh]

Great story and pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I too am a little scared to cut my rics.

I did accidentaly plit my rics when trying to reduce the rock size. Both seem to be doing fine after 5 days.

[herostar]

How did you attach the "child" to the rock?

[sr71]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9545791#post9545791 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by herostar
How did you attach the "child" to the rock?

I want to know too

[anguswu]

It had a small piece of rock on the child. I use super glue to stick the small rock to the big rock.

[Siffy]

How large was the frag of the child? I'm considering doing this to a few of mine and wondered what would be the smallest size you'd expect to survive fragging.
Thanks

[anguswu]

This frag is about 0.5cm diameter.