Attaching mushrooms?

[Mihai]

Hi,

I just got a mushroom that got scraped from a rock by a friend; it doesn't seem to mind the scraping too much, but I don't know how to attach it to a rock. For now I placed it on a flat rock and put two small threads over it to keep it in place (relatively loose). However, it seems to dislike the treatment (it curled up on the thread). Any suggestions on how to keep it in place (I initially tried to put it in an area with low current and it stayed there 24 hours, and then it took off: I was lucky to find it hidden under a rock and not in the intake of my pumps, I'm hence reluctant to try another low current spot).

Thanks,
Mihai

 

[Aquadude]

I've never used it but try some bridal viel netting. Cover the mushroom with it and wrap it around the rock (don't squish the shroom too tight). Then super-glue the viel to the rock to hold it in place. In a few days or at the worst weeks, the mushroom should have planted itself and you can remove the netting.

 

[[)R@G()N]

I've used like a small tupperware bowl and put rubble in it, then but my cuttings in it. But you have to make sure you put it somewhere with low or now current. Normally it takes about a week or 2 if it's not disturbed.

 

[Clownkeeper]

you can use wedding veil material with a rubberband around the frock your mounting your shroom to. Make sure you like them enough to put them in your tank... because in a good system they will get out of control and take over everything.

Troy

 

[Mihai]

Thanks a lot, I love them, so no problem there. And they seem easy to remove if I change my mind 2 years from now. But for now I love them!

I'll try the veil (I don't have the guts to try the low current trick anymore).
M.

 

[Anonymous]

You can also use a rubber band right on the coral. then, as it attatches to the rock, it will split into two heads. The rubberband slowly cuts it in two.

B

 

[Anonymous]

I've been experimenting with mushroom transplants lately. I've had the best luck NOT tying them down. In a lot of cases, tying is a necessity. But if you can stuff the guy into a crack or hole in your LR, or find a spot with little current where it will rest and not float away, then this method has worked best. I've done it 6 times now and each time the coral has attached to the LR overnight, acclimated over the next few days and begun to thrive during the week then finally replicate like a mofo.

 

[Anonymous]

I've done it like Hwarang said numerous times. I have also dries the foot and used super glue to attach it to a dried rock. 8 of 10 usually stay put.