help with fragging

[HaleyM]

I got brave today and figured I would try to move some mushrooms onto a rock in my tank. They were on several sides of that plastic grid (egg crate?) stuff and I thought it was an eye sore. Removing them was pretty scary but they came off fairly easily. I used super glue gel to attach them to their new rock but I must have done something wrong as one of them has already detached and another is just barely hanging on. They dont look well. I know its just a couple of silly mushrooms but I really didn't want to kill them. And now I am wondering if I have some sort of toxic glue in my tank. I thought the gel superglue was ok?? Can anyone offer any ideas as to where I screwed up? Thanks for all of your advice. --Haley

 

[Spiffyguy]

I used bridal vail material from a hobby store, Hpbby Lobby or Micheals. cut a section out and placed if over the shroom where I wanted it. Then rubberbanded it down. Left it for a week or so and they attached themselves. I found the superglue gel not to work well on mushrooms since they slime up so much. It did work on my Xenia and yellow polyps though.

 

[capncapo]

Superglue Gel is fine and not a poison. Mushrooms slime up so bad that it seldom works like you would want. You mushrooms should be fine. They've just gone through a bit of shock. Give them a little time for them to get back to normal.

Something I have done in the past is to put some rubble and the mushroom inside a glass that is put into the tank. This keeps the flow from blowing the mushroom around and will let it attach on its own.