I tried fragging a ricordea with kitchen sheers and so far the frags look fine although I seem to have missed the mouth part on the other two pieces and I was told you have to make sure to have a part of the mouth on each piece... Will they survive or should I remove the ones without a mouth. Thanks,
-Gator

Chances are very good that the ones without a mouth won't survive, you may want to use thinner scissors or an exacto knife next time for cleaner and more accurate cuts.

I know some locals that have good luck with fragging rics. He said the frags will grow faster if they have a mouth. But the frags without mouths will grow new ones overtime. So leave the frags for a while a see if you get a mouth.

Good news the piece with the mouth is almost back to regular size and the pieces with out are already dime working slowly on nickle size. I think I am going to just cut more up I can help is they will just have to take over the tank....

I was trying to get a ric off of a rock and tore it around the edge. It formed a new mouth and a foot on that piece and then they separated fully after that.

just toss 'em in a blender! Ricordia slurry can only lead to success!

This is pretty much true with all things. You should see how many Kole Tangs I have now. Crazy!

At what point do you decide a Ricordea is ready to frag?

When it is big enough. I wouldn't do it until it was about the size of a silver dollar. But that is just me playin it safe. I imagine it can be and is probably done a lot sooner than that in a lot of cases.

Pretty sure 'shrooms, Ricordea, and carpet nems can all be sliced at any point - the bigger the better, obviously.

I would definately leave the ones without a mouth in there chances are they will survive, might just take some time for them to come around. Generally the mushroom family is hardy as hell and will find a way to live. But like organism said if you want to be precise about it, use a exacto next time and cut that mouth right in two.

Interesting. Mine is pretty huge. About silver dollar size. I don't think I want to attempt it though.

scissors crush

blades slice

Actually scissors snip.........

I have no problem keeping yuma but cannot manage to keep a green or red mushroom as they always melt, shrivel and then melt. I have hot pink, orange and green yuma without any problem but cannot keep a darn mushroom, not sure why.

Yumas are about the same maybe its where your buying your other rics and mushrooms????

I've had new rics grow from bits of the foot when cut off a rock... no mouths there. They should be find.

Rics are easy to frag. I fragged a couple with a razor, inside my tank the other day. Just split em in half down the mouth. Even if you miss the mouth, they'll live

Exacto Knife