Fact of Fabel?

[RockinSmall]

I've heard this before and thought it was silly and recently heard it again. A kid that works at an lfs around here said there enormously overgrown mushroom tank was the result of him putting a few shrooms in a blendor and pouring them into the display and that is how there are thousands of mushrooms in there. Wouldnt a blendor be a bit too much?? =) or has this been a true method of increasing mushroom growth?

 

[smoney]

I think that it is fabel. But it may hold some truth, because I have absolutely mutilated mushrooms by accident and a few different ones came back.


I also had an rose anemone go down my overflow, and three weeks later I found like 3 rose anemones in my sump tank.


But then again who puts mushrooms in a blender, ahaha.

 

[RicksReefs]

I knew someone who did this years ago with success, my attempts to do it met with soupy goo and parasitic protozoans eating the mess.

I stick with fresh razor blades now.

 

[JMCAquarium]

Fact: It can be done and sprout new shrooms if a peice of the mouth is still present. So a few pieces will survive

It's abusive to the coral and should not be practiced IMO
Also it's likely the shroom will grow back deformed or with scar lines

 

[RicksReefs]

you don't need a mouth to prop almost all Discosoma shrooms. I generally use pedal laceration (foot cutting) to prop them nowadays. if they stick a toe out, I slice it.

 

[JMCAquarium]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15296763#post15296763 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RicksReefs
you don't need a mouth to prop almost all Discosoma shrooms. I generally use pedal laceration (foot cutting) to prop them nowadays. if they stick a toe out, I slice it.

true I also frag that way wasn't thinking of that
with that said what "type" of shroom do you intend to blend up

 

[RicksReefs]

it was the purple/blue discosomas that the dude I know blended up with success, I tried using the same shrooms but got the goo.

that was back in the early-mid 90's. I haven't tried it again.

 

[Jeff]

Just slice them up like a pizza into 8-10 pieces thru the mouth. It works with ricordea as well.

 

[RockinSmall]

i really just wanted to see if this lfs kid was fulla ****... i mean there were literally a couple thousand and he said he had nly done it a year ago....

 

[macclellan]

I read a thread where the guy put them in and just hit the 'pulse' button a few times and it worked well. Just don't overblend.

 

[RockinSmall]

so i guess puree would be a mistake?

 

[gh0st]

I've seen a demo of this, and it can work.

You do not want to puree, and usually a food processor will work better than a blender. A couple quick pulses to chop it up into numerous small pieces, not liquid, then pour into a low water flow tank.

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

It will work,just don't blend to long,just a second or 2.

 

[Whisperer]

Putting a shroom in a blendor is a fabel. For sure.

 

[VacavilleFC3S]

no whisperer it's fact, you guys search theres a fairly long thread on this about a year ago. like the posters above you want them chopped not blended

 

[SAZAMA]

you should try it. then let us know.but be sure you get all the margaritas out the blender first!!!

 

[biecacka]

you could chop shrooms and dose some blended vodka at the same time

 

[shovel]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15430698#post15430698 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Whisperer
Putting a shroom in a blendor is a fabel. For sure.

wrong have done it. I have since found that a more effictive way is to tightly tie it downm with chees cloth it makes the mush rock more uniform where all you see is mush nor\ rock