mushroom Q?

[shalegac]

I recently purchased a small mushroom from my LFS. It was laying on their sand bed. When I got it home I noticed a very large Aiptasia Hiding in one of the large hole in the rock frag. I couldn't get to it with anything so I chipped appart the rock with the Aiptasia andquickly placed the mushroom back in the tank. It spent no more than 15 sec out of the water. When I placed the mushroom back in the water it let off what looked like a sperm cloud? Did I damage the mushroom, what happened here?

 

[imow]

The mushroom will be fine. Did you accidentally rip part of the shroom when you were chipping away at the rock??? Did you grab the shroom with your fingers and smush it against the rock?? It sounds like the mushroom was damaged somehow.

Did it release white looking 'strands.'??

 

[shalegac]

I may have touched the mushroom, but I didn't smush it. I tried to be as cautious as I could... I realy don't think it is damaged and there isn't a rip anywhere, It did however relase the white strands you spoke of. thank you for any insight.

 

[Anonymous]

FWIW, I've seen my sabae anemone release milky-white strands and it's still doing ok.

I don't know what these strands are.

po

 

[Anonymous]

i think they're called 'acontia'-part of the internal structure-sometimes visible through the more translucent anemones/shrooms along the side walls-i think it's a defense mechanism(or stress reaction) of the animal.
shrooms often release them when they're cut, but they recover easily.

 

[monkeyboy]

It will be fine, 'shrooms are right up there next to aiptasia (literally in your case hahaha..... :? ) in terms of hardiness.

Those white stringy things are digestive filliments called messentries. Yum.

 

[Siberman]

Mine tend to release this stuff after a heavy water change or if I move their rock(s). They have never seemed the worse, so don't worry about it unless it gets to be extremely excessive.

 

[shalegac]

thank you everyone. The mushrooms seem to be doing fine . Great replies, thanks again.