Interest in propagating Ricordea - Frag Outpost Forums - Coral Propagation and Reef Aquarium Forums

D12monkey · 01-01-2005, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveK

Hi there,

New to this forum too. Am interested in doing this as well. I have heard of some method where the mushroom is placed into a blender/liquidiser and then the soup that is left is placed into the tank. Does any one have expereince with this method. If so does it work or is it hit and miss?

Thanks

Steve

I've heard of this method but I would highly recommend against it. IMO

FragOutpost · 01-01-2005, 08:31 AM

I have heard of this method before, but never tried it. I agree with D12Monkey and would recommend against it as well.

SteveK · 01-01-2005, 02:43 PM

Cool,

Sorry for hijacking you original post. I was just curious, I have a lovely green Ricordea that will be fragged soon and in dicussions this method was mention but have not heard any results.

Thanks

Steve

D12monkey · 01-01-2005, 05:24 PM

I have attempted the fragging and it does work.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to get them to mount any of the rocks that I placed them on.

Another way I've hear is to place a powerhead directly in front of one and since they don't like high flow they'll move and leave a "baby" sort to speak.

gusmanci · 01-15-2005, 02:01 AM

If you can use a blender you want to, but you dont make a soup out of them , just enough to cut them into small pieces, not a very good option.
another option is cut them in four and use a coarse veil or a net and tide them loosely w a rubber band, they should attach to the rock in a week or two. give them a lot of flow or they will catch a fungus.
here is a good info:
http://www.garf.org/ricord/ricord.html