Mushroom help.

[cbrand]

one of my shroom seems to have become detached from the rock it was on...what is the best way to get him to stay on a new rock. i know he isnt dead, but i dont want him to die. any suggestions are greatly appreciated

 

[Concrete]

I would use a rubber-band and a small piece of LR Rubble. If you don't have any Rubble just chip off a small piece of your LR, Put the shroom on the rock and wrap a rubber-band around it (Loose, just enough to hold it on). After that you can place your shroom back in the Tank (Try to find a spot with low-Flow) or put it in the Refugium (If you have one) and it should attach itself to the rock within a week, then just cut the rubber-band off.


Good Luck 8)

 

[ChrisRD]

You probably couldn't kill it if you wanted to. :wink:
Mushrooms are amazingly hardy!

In addition to the rubberband thing, you can hold them in place with bridal vail, super glue, or even place them in a container with some rubble pieces (you generally have to cover the container with vail or a lid that has holes/slots cut in it so the in-tank circulation doesn't carry them away before they can attach).

HTH

 

[cbrand]

put super glue on the bottom of the shroom? that wont harm it? can i do the same for coral polyps also?

 

[shavo]

I have super glued everything so far, it has worked very well

 

[bleedingthought]

I've had softies that didn't like superglue much. But it works sometimes. I use superglue on everything else, though. But for softies, I've mostly done what Chris recommended.

 

[cbrand]

ChrisRD
where would i find bridal veil?

 

[SnowManSnow]

try walmart

 

[bleedingthought]

ChrisRD
where would i find bridal veil?

Bridal veil is expensive. Try veil cloth as it is much, much cheaper and you should be able to find it wherever they sell fabric. Walmart has a fabric section so sometimes they have it.

 

[ChrisRD]

Yeah, any type of similar, inexpensive mesh would be fine.

 

[Anonymous]

ChrisRD
where would i find bridal veil?

You guys sure are nice in this forum...
Three post and no one said "on a bride's head."

Go to a craft store and ask for tulle (pronounced tool).

When the shroom detached did it leave behind any babies?


Good luck!

 

[cbrand]

My ricordea's are splitting as we speak! i started with 2 individual polyps and now have 15-20! I think mushrooms are absolutely beautiful especially my blue!!!!! thanks for all your suggestions guys!

 

[cyro]

how did you splitt your ricordeas? i got still 2 ricodea yumas for 6 months

 

[cbrand]

just make sure the conditions are ideal....not too much water flow, correct lighting(although mushrooms don't need too much), and i supplemented the water with iodine once a week. my water temp is 80 degrees. they split themselves, as far as i know you can't do anything manually to split them. just make them happy!!!!! :lol:

 

[cyro]

thnks..
conditions are ideal but no splitting. actually they are under strong lights.. says ricordea yumas like strong light..

 

[bleedingthought]

thnks..
conditions are ideal but no splitting. actually they are under strong lights.. says ricordea yumas like strong light..

How strong of light? Sometimes they'll take on food too, so if you spot feed them they'll grow/split faster/more often. Or you can propagate them. :wink:

 

[cyro]

under - about 40 cms.- 150 watt 12500 k HQI.
they are getting bigger and bigger, but not splitting.
how can we propagate them safely?

 

[bleedingthought]

under - about 40 cms.- 150 watt 12500 k HQI.
they are getting bigger and bigger, but not splitting.
how can we propagate them safely?

Well, they'll usually grow so big that they split. Sometimes they split before that. As far as prop'ing them, not much to it, start here:

http://www.ricordea.org/mushroom_coral/ ... gation.htm

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/shroomreprofaqs.htm

Good luck, and let us know how it goes.