Trouble anchoring a shroom

[Pennywise]

I tried the crazy glue approach, but it didn't stay attached. Now it disappeared under my wall of live rock. I don't want to have to yank out all of the rock to retrieve it. Can I just let it float around until it finds it's own place, or will it just shrivel up and die unless I anchor it?

 

[discocarp]

It will *probably* find its own spot and do fine. Probably not where you want it though!

Future suggestion: Get a small tupperware, topless. Put a small layer of crushed coral in it. Put the shroom in it. Rubberband some screen over top of it. Let it sit (in the tank) for a week or two. The shroom will attach to the CC. You can then superglue the CC to a rock where you want it.

This trick works for lots of softies. Superglue just won't hold to their flesh, so you have to be a little clever.

Peter

 

[shr00m]

the way i do it is get a piece of rock rubble and sit the shroom on it in a net breeder , it elminates flow from knocking it off, only takesa few days, less stressful than the rubber band method, shrooms dont like glue... let them attach, if you have to get some balloon ribbon.... the kind balloons are tied to lol... and just gently tie it on a rock, it takes longer this way its easier if you can get it to just sit on the rock, attaches in about a week

 

[taikonaut]

I used discocarp's approach. Works for all soft corals, such as Xenia, colt, and 'shrooms.

 

[paats]

The rubberband method worked the best for me

 

[ricky1414]

mine fell off repeatedly, but finally attached by itself to a small piece of LR. i repositioned the LR to make it appear that I wanted it to happen that way. LOL!!

 

[Deadhead1450]

I use dental floss...............in the tank too.