fragging mushroom corals?
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Tomoko Schum
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You can cut them like you cut up a pizza. Just cut the disc off its stalk and cut up the disc. The stalk/pedal will regrow its disc in time. When you cut up the disc, it's best (supposedly) to cut through the mouth so that each piece has a part of the mouth.
You can put the cut up pieces in a shallow plastic cup or container (a corral) half way filled with crushed corals. The corral needs to be shallow enough so that there is some water movement over it and the water in it will not be stagnant. Some people use a bridal vail material to wrap the mushroom piece over a small live rock rubble to keep it secured, but I find corraling mushroom pieces with a shallow container the easiest. The mushroom pieces will soon attach themselves to the crushed coral pieces. Then, you can glue the crushed coral to a live rock easily. Glueing mushroom to a rock directly does not work well since mushroom slimes a lot and slip right off the rock.
You can put the cut up pieces in a shallow plastic cup or container (a corral) half way filled with crushed corals. The corral needs to be shallow enough so that there is some water movement over it and the water in it will not be stagnant. Some people use a bridal vail material to wrap the mushroom piece over a small live rock rubble to keep it secured, but I find corraling mushroom pieces with a shallow container the easiest. The mushroom pieces will soon attach themselves to the crushed coral pieces. Then, you can glue the crushed coral to a live rock easily. Glueing mushroom to a rock directly does not work well since mushroom slimes a lot and slip right off the rock.
You dont have to cut mushrooms to get more of them.
When mushrooms move they leave part of their foot behind which grows into another mushroom. You can try to get the mushroom to move by pointing a powerhead directly at the mushroom or put it where it is not getting light. The mushroom will move to get away from the flow or to get more light.
When mushrooms move they leave part of their foot behind which grows into another mushroom. You can try to get the mushroom to move by pointing a powerhead directly at the mushroom or put it where it is not getting light. The mushroom will move to get away from the flow or to get more light.
Tomoko Schum
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Zaozao's suggestion is a good one. It is much safer and easier than cutting a mushroom to pieces. Mushroom will pop off a rock if it does not like the environment it's in (usually too much flow or too much light in my tank), leaving a small amount of tissue leaving behind. SPS growers do not like this characteristic of mushrooms since it tends to land on and injure an SPS.
shirley386
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Tell be about it! I just finished completely removing all the rock from the 190 and replacing it. All the mushrooms, palys, and encrusting corals are now in jail. I've got about 100 pounds of rock that is contaminated/infested with them. If anyone wants it let me know ASAP, otherwise they're history.
shirley386
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I should have made it more clear that I'm not going to throw out or give away the rock. I'll sell it for $6 lb. That's not a bad price for cured live rock with various types of coral (mushrooms, palys, GSP, digitata, capricornis, etc) already growing on it. Someone just starting a tank may want it as opposed to buying plain rock from a LFS. Otherwise I'll cook it and reuse it.
