When should I frag my frogspawn?

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I have had a frogspawn for about 7 months and when I bought it at my LFS the salesguy got excited, he said he wished he had noticed but the one I got had about 3-4 small growths coming out about 1/5 to 1/4 inch form the base. It now has 2 large ones just shy of a dime size and about 4-6 smaller ones coming out. When is a good time to frag those off? I'll do some research on how to do so, but not sure if I cut those off the sides and move to their own plug, or just cut the base and move the main frogspawn to a new plug. The picture is early after lights coming on so the top/main is not fully opened up and the smalls are not either. But you should be able to see several of them.
Thanks for any ideas/advice!

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What’s the rush of fragging? Let it grow out a bit, then frag to your hearts content. Don’t cut through live tissue, only cut through the skeleton close to the base.
Absolutely no rush at all, lol, just asking if/when. Thanks for the help!
 
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What size should I let the head get before fragging off?
It's more about how much "stem" is available. If you cut the skeleton too close to live tissue you'll damage and possibly kill the coral.
 

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...cut the base and move the main frogspawn to a new plug
This might give the babies the best chance of survival, but also might not be necessary.
 
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