Reallly HUGE toadstool what to do?

[banditpowdercoat]

My Toadstool leather has gotten really huge!!! Almost 2ft Diameter and the same tall!! Taking up a whole side of my 150g tank. I've heard you can just cur them? Can I like just hack his stem off like 4" off bottom or do I need to cut a sliver and restart another one?? My Clowns love him, but he's just to huge! And my location, shipping him to someone really isnt that easy.

[The Grizz]

I know a few people have just cut the head off the stem and then cut it into pieces for frag's .

[Bryan]

Should post a pic, would love to see something that large..2 feet..

[monocus]

gloat

[BMahura]

Should post a pic, would love to see something that large..2 feet..
+1

[The Grizz]

Should post a pic, would love to see something that large..2 feet..

Ya what he said ^^ :lol: too.

[Trabby]

I recently hacked our toadstool, it was dinner plate sized. He was irritated from a large water change , so I sliced it with a bread knife. :) worked great!!

[Maverick00]

Ya what he said ^^ :lol: too.

+3 :mrgreen:

[banditpowdercoat]

OK, Not quite 24" but a good 20" Diam when he flattens out. Which is rarely now cause he is so big n heavy

[Corbin]

haha awesome, if you fragged the stalk into many peices would it grow back?

[banditpowdercoat]

That's what I want to know

[Reef Pilot]

I had a giant one, too, and was getting a little crowded in my tank. He laid (too heavy to stand) about 18 inches high, and 2 feet across. I cut and fragged him above the base about 3 months ago, and he is growing back again now, much smaller, of course.
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=7099&d=1292632842

[ponokareefer]

You need to drive it out to me. That's too big of a burden for your tank. :lol:

As other people have said, cutting it is your best bet.

[banditpowdercoat]

So if I just hack it off it will regrow? Which part will? Do I cut a slice of the head with the 'fingers' or the stalk, and will stalk regrow the fingers????

Seems so barbaric just hacking away at it

[ponokareefer]

I've cut toadstools and leathers anywhere and they grow back.

[Reef Pilot]

I had a giant one, too, and was getting a little crowded in my tank. He laid (too heavy to stand) about 18 inches high, and 2 feet across. I cut and fragged him above the base about 3 months ago, and he is growing back again now, much smaller, of course.
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=7099&d=1292632842

And this is what it looks like today after being cut down. I took out a huge donut. I left a small part in the bottom with some of the original polyps, and it took a while for new polyps to grow on the cut portion. The new polyps are still small and dense compared to the original ones.
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/505/medium/004.JPG

Also, here is shot of a couple small pieces that were left behind where he stuck himself to a rock on the side, and had to be cut away. They too, developed polyps now and are starting to grow.
http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/505/medium/005.JPG

[Ian]

Yeah I have about 15 of these in my 90 gallon due to and accidental fragging (rockslide) they are multiple sizes and have come back from all parts of the original

[Corbin]

get out the chain saw and make 100 frags :)

[marie]

I had a toadstool in my 55g way back and when I moved everything over to the 175g I removed the toadstool to make way for sps.

I have been yarding out toadstools from the tank ever since, the smallest bit of tissue left behind will grow a whole new toadstool in pretty short order :lol: