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Originally Posted by bad mantis shrimp
I have a very pretty umbrella leather that i want to frag. Can i just cut any peice of him like maybe a ripple from his crown then cut that into 4-5 differant peices and end up with 6 leathers? Will any peice from it turn into a whole new leather? even if its pretty tiny? also can you frag any coral? like say mushrooms polyps or pulsing zenia?
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With the leathers, you can pretty much slice n dice any way you want! I've sliced off pieces, cut an inch off all around leaving only the center of the cap on the stem, and, I've completely decapitated them. The stem always grows a new head, and the cut edges have always healed and grown back. You might want to make sure each piece you cut is at least approx. 1" square because the new frag will shrink up some as it reforms into a normal shape.
Most of the softies and sps frag well, although each species might have specific requirements as to the tecnique used to frag it. Some don't take well to cutting, such as
hairy mushrooms, and
colt corals, so other methods are used. LPS, especially the massive stony types are harder (due to problem of dividing skeleton) but some are also just more delicate. Garf.org has some good articles on fragging.
garf.org
