cutting down toadstool leather

EvilInSin · 03/25/2006, 12:47 AM

ok our toadstool is way too tall and we want to cut it down to shorten it. Can I just chop off mid-way up the stem then glue to the rock?
We dont mind the size of the head we just dont want it 8" tall.

TIA

Chad Vossen · 03/25/2006, 06:07 AM

wait till someone else confirms this but i think you just cut it with a sharp clean knife and let it heal, the remaining stock will regrow a head and the other half will heal and attach to something in 2 weeks. dont use glue on the flesh of the coral. if it has a skeleton, that may be glued on or if the coral has attached to a rock or shell, that may be glued on. if someone else thinks its alright to glue the flesh to rock, please explain because im new to the glueing

jasonj90 · 03/29/2006, 05:50 PM

cut and pin down to a rock with a toothpick, through the side of the stalk.

javatech · 03/30/2006, 01:50 AM

I just cut mine off and put the head in a low flow tank on the rock i wanted it on and in a 2 weeks it was on the rock good and firm
and by then you could see the stub growing a new head

rustybucket145 · 03/30/2006, 01:03 PM

toadstools are super easy. If you want to 'shorten' it just cut the stem at the height you want it. It will start regrowing a new cap in a matter of days. To attach the piece you cut off simply rubberband the 'stump' to a rock. If you have a long enough stump you can rubberband it halfway up the stump and the bottom end will also grow a cap, thus, giving you a two headed leather!

EvilInSin · 03/30/2006, 06:43 PM

Great info all Thanks so much! I'm going to try that banding half way up and get 2 to grow from one.

saltym3 · 04/01/2006, 05:56 PM

ive cut my toadstool about 4 or 5 times now. it will grow a new head in no time..

JusJim · 04/03/2006, 08:54 PM

So when you cut it, do you just take it out of the water, or does it have to stay in water while cutting it?

javatech · 04/04/2006, 01:59 AM

I just cut mine in the tank, the rock it's on is too big to move

pledosophy · 04/07/2006, 11:37 AM

I take mine out just because it is easy to move and less messy.

After I cut off the head, I cut the head into several pieces and attach them all to rocks, then I have multiple leathers.

03/25/2006, 12:47 AM	#1
EvilInSin Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 335	cutting down toadstool leather ok our toadstool is way too tall and we want to cut it down to shorten it. Can I just chop off mid-way up the stem then glue to the rock? We dont mind the size of the head we just dont want it 8" tall. TIA __________________ Dusty Current Tank Info: 46 bow and 24 NC DX

03/30/2006, 01:50 AM	#4
javatech Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Olathe, KS Posts: 492	I just cut mine off and put the head in a low flow tank on the rock i wanted it on and in a 2 weeks it was on the rock good and firm and by then you could see the stub growing a new head __________________ Sometimes I question the wisdom of my actions, but more often I seem to be acknowledging the stupidity of them. Current Tank Info: 240 plywood & glass

03/30/2006, 01:03 PM	#5
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	toadstools are super easy. If you want to 'shorten' it just cut the stem at the height you want it. It will start regrowing a new cap in a matter of days. To attach the piece you cut off simply rubberband the 'stump' to a rock. If you have a long enough stump you can rubberband it halfway up the stump and the bottom end will also grow a cap, thus, giving you a two headed leather! __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

03/30/2006, 06:43 PM	#6
EvilInSin Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 335	Great info all Thanks so much! I'm going to try that banding half way up and get 2 to grow from one. __________________ Dusty Current Tank Info: 46 bow and 24 NC DX

04/04/2006, 01:59 AM	#9
javatech Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Olathe, KS Posts: 492	I just cut mine in the tank, the rock it's on is too big to move __________________ Sometimes I question the wisdom of my actions, but more often I seem to be acknowledging the stupidity of them. Current Tank Info: 240 plywood & glass

03/25/2006, 06:07 AM	#2
Chad Vossen Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota Posts: 1,259	wait till someone else confirms this but i think you just cut it with a sharp clean knife and let it heal, the remaining stock will regrow a head and the other half will heal and attach to something in 2 weeks. dont use glue on the flesh of the coral. if it has a skeleton, that may be glued on or if the coral has attached to a rock or shell, that may be glued on. if someone else thinks its alright to glue the flesh to rock, please explain because im new to the glueing

03/29/2006, 05:50 PM	#3
jasonj90 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: charleston, SC Posts: 401	cut and pin down to a rock with a toothpick, through the side of the stalk.

04/01/2006, 05:56 PM	#7
saltym3 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Miami Posts: 231	ive cut my toadstool about 4 or 5 times now. it will grow a new head in no time..

04/03/2006, 08:54 PM	#8
JusJim Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Searcy, AR Posts: 142	So when you cut it, do you just take it out of the water, or does it have to stay in water while cutting it?

04/07/2006, 11:37 AM	#10
pledosophy Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Beaverton Posts: 4,917	I take mine out just because it is easy to move and less messy. After I cut off the head, I cut the head into several pieces and attach them all to rocks, then I have multiple leathers. __________________ Current tank 125g display plumbed to a 65g refugium show, 30g refugium shrimp factory, 75g sump. New 120g Seahorse Macro algae tank.