ok so I fragged 10 pieces off the mother colony. All the pieces are 1" or larger, some almost 2" in length. Well sized frags. I did the cutting with a scalpal. Albert showed me using scissors, but it would have been hard to get them in there to cut the pieces cleanly. My hands now REEK of the slime they oozed out lol.
I found the slow removal with the cable ties wasn't such a good idea. I cut off the section that was being removed by the ties, and had to trim back the coral because it was yellowing where the cable ties were. Didn't want to risk infection.
the rack's located in the display tank for now in a very
high flow area (strong laminar currents). I don't trust them
in the frag tank with the way it's set up right now. The
lighting's too weak, and the flow's all haphazard ATM.
the mother colony wasn't too happy about it, but it's
polyps are out already. It's a MUCH more manageable size now that it's trimmed down.
The large toadstool's the next one. I'm going to do more research, cuz of it's size.