Limpit
12/30/2006, 02:37 PM
No, not me (while my wife may think so I think not)!
What I'm talking about is my Green Spaghetti Leather was getting a little on the large size so it was time to give it a trim again.
Here's the colony (actually I took this picture and the next one AFTER it was cut 'cause I forgot to do so prior).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Limpit/GreenSpLeatherColony.jpg
Holding the part to get cut off lightly with a hemostat and cutting it with a tissue scissors.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Limpit/CuttingGreenSpLeatherColony.jpg
Here's what I all cut off ready to get divided into smaller pieces.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Limpit/GreenSpLeatherCuttings.jpg
The smaller pieces ready to get "planted".
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Limpit/GreenSpLeatherSmCuttings.jpg
I take two small pieces of LR and sandwich the cutting in between the rocks and then push the LR and Leather sandwich into the sand. After about a week the frag will attach to the rock. There are many different ways to get a softie to attach but this way has worked well for me. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Limpit/SmCuttingsinsand.jpg
Just a note to remember, the actual cut surface of the Leather will not want to attach to anything so you have to use the undamaged surface. The cut part will heal and get harder than the rest of the coral.
After about 6 months the cuttings will grow out to a nice size. These ones are the size of a tennis ball.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Limpit/Fragsafter6months.jpg
What I'm talking about is my Green Spaghetti Leather was getting a little on the large size so it was time to give it a trim again.
Here's the colony (actually I took this picture and the next one AFTER it was cut 'cause I forgot to do so prior).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Limpit/GreenSpLeatherColony.jpg
Holding the part to get cut off lightly with a hemostat and cutting it with a tissue scissors.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Limpit/CuttingGreenSpLeatherColony.jpg
Here's what I all cut off ready to get divided into smaller pieces.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Limpit/GreenSpLeatherCuttings.jpg
The smaller pieces ready to get "planted".
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Limpit/GreenSpLeatherSmCuttings.jpg
I take two small pieces of LR and sandwich the cutting in between the rocks and then push the LR and Leather sandwich into the sand. After about a week the frag will attach to the rock. There are many different ways to get a softie to attach but this way has worked well for me. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Limpit/SmCuttingsinsand.jpg
Just a note to remember, the actual cut surface of the Leather will not want to attach to anything so you have to use the undamaged surface. The cut part will heal and get harder than the rest of the coral.
After about 6 months the cuttings will grow out to a nice size. These ones are the size of a tennis ball.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/Limpit/Fragsafter6months.jpg