Blender and the mushroom

[a1amap]

I have seen it posted many times on RC but has anyone tried it? I mean really tried it. I am going too tomorrow. Now I will have to modify the idea a bit because if I use my the blender again I will be single. I have a mincer/hand chopper that my wife does not use which will do the same thing. I am going to just dump the chopped mushroom on the sand bed. See what happens

 

[ronert]

i've been curious about the blender trick, too ... but at the rate my shrooms are reproducing, i'm not sure i want to encourage them any more ...

 

[icy1155]

I dont know about a blender simply because at that fine of pieces I would think they would be very prone to brown jelly infections since you cant have a ton of flow on mushroom goo without it getting anywhere. I have tried cutting them up into blong as I unches of tiny pieces though like what will happen with the mincer and as long as I dont lose the pieces they seem to come back just fine.

 

[emonemo420]

please keep us updated as i only have 2 shrooms and id like to cut up the one and get it to grow into multiple...my ? is how long does it take for em to start looking like normal mushrooms again

 

[Gordonious]

It will probably work if you don't lose the pieces. The only problem is it takes a longer time for the to grow back. I have had tiny little mush rooms show up in my tank a lot after cutting some up.

I cut them in four or five pieces because they are easier to keep track of and don't take as long to get a finished product.

I'd say do it and try to keep track of how many you get from it. It's just a fun experiment.

 

[Jocephus]

If this works, the reef club needs to invest in a community "magic bullet" (also makes great margaritas!).

 

[a1amap]

I figure if I chop it up into 15 - 20 pieces, I would like to see the survival rate and how long it takes for them to grow to a decent size.

 

[Gordonious]

What color is this mushroom? Lets get some before and after pictures. I would say we could do it at the meeting, but you would have to tell everyone to bring safety glasses.

 

[a1amap]

That would be cool but a mushroom in a bag will shrink and roll on itself, which will make it hard to chop up.

 

[tat2tillidie]

reefkeeperz on saltwaterfish.co m he has did it and has videos on there. he has so many frag videos its not funny.. he can frag almost anything.. i think thats his screen name .. i havent been on there in awhile.. he is really cool go check him out... search the forumns