+KeeperOfTheZoo Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 My green florida ricordea has been in the process of splitting for over a month. It is HUGE, has two mouths, occasionally ruffles up like it's working on actually splitting then quits. What is its deal? Should I cut it and force the split? How traumatic for it would that be? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Hey girlfriend!!! With ALL the ricordea I have, patience is key...they are VERY slow grows and splitters...I have never intentionally cut them, so no experince there, Liz... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I agree with Mama, I would let it do it on it's own. You probably could cut it, but I would be afraid if one of the pieces was not attached to a rock yet. I have a horrible time getting rics to stick to stuff .. so I just let mine split naturally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie reef Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I have cut mine before they are usually no problem if that is what you wanna do. Usually glue them to something. Gel superglue works great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KeeperOfTheZoo Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 Ok, well I guess I'll sit on my hands (after putting the scissors away) and see if the darn thing will split on it's own. I swear it's teasing me! Laura this is one I got from you, one of my first corals. It's grown so much and is so pretty! Richie, good to know they will survive cutting if my patience runs out. Right now it appears all parts are stuck on the rock. It looks like a tube instead of a round ric! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viet-tin Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I would take a razorblade to it. Ive bought some from rca on a half shell and dropped one and it split in 2 and recovered just fine. Ive even cut them into 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfowler99 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I've been kind of curious if mine have split. I've got one with at least 6-7 mouths and it looks like there are dividing lines between most of them, but I've never actually looked to see if they were separate. They all sit together on the same rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viet-tin Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 wow most ive ever had was 3 mouths. I cut one mouth and let them heal before cutting the next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfowler99 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 wow most ive ever had was 3 mouths. I cut one mouth and let them heal before cutting the next one. I'm pretty sure they're actually split. It's just hard to tell. They're crowded up against each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I'm pretty sure they're actually split. It's just hard to tell. They're crowded up against each other. Which I have read somewhere actually causes them to split more. For some reason, Ric's like to be crowded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie reef Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Yea...IMO...don't think I would use scissor's...ekk! I have a exacto knife kit I purchased at Hobby Lobby. It works great and has different size/style blades for fragging! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarathustra2 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 For mushrooms and rics I generally use a pair of surgical scissors. It does a lot less damage than the usual multiple cuts with a scalpel/exacto knife. Also, for the appeal to authority, it is calfo's reccomended method for the same reason. I have also had success with this in cutting ric's in half or mushrooms into 1/4s across the middle. The other trick I found useful with ric's is to put a rubber band or tie a string to them in between the mouths. I successfully split a piece that was still connected but had 4 mouths on it this way. I just used rubber bands for braces on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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