Moving/spliting ricordia

[Shnabbles]

I have 1 ricordia that has split or is splitting and is sharing a very very small peice of rubbel... how can i get 1 off that rock?

And 2.

I have some blue ricordia that id like to start fragging... Do i just slice them in half?

Once sliced can i just slide the other have over?

 

[jnarowe]

bump!

 

[smp]

Not sure how to get it off the rock, maybe someone else can chime in .. but once you have it unattached I find the best way to get them to attach to a rock is by putting them in a _NO_ flow area .. I put one of those CD spindle cases (upside down mind you) in my fuge, put some sand in the bottom with rubble on top of that and let them sit for a week or more .. they'll eventually grab on to the rubble and not the sand (or the bottom of the plastic container).

 

[jnarowe]

I worked with a bunch of ricordia under attack from worms and boring sponges and I found the easiest way to remove them was to actually carve the rock out from under them.

The low flow area is also essential IMO.

 

[So Cal shaggy]

there are a couple of different ways to get them off the rock

1. grab them and pry them off as best you can (this is tough on the shrooms)
2. use a new clean razor blade and slice them off right at the surface of the rock, any piece of foot left on the rock will regrow into another mushroom (this method has given me the best survival rate)
3. use a clean razor blade and as best you can work it under the foot putting pressure on the edge touching the rock and try to slice a thin layer of the rock off

after they are off the rock I put them into a container of tank water with a small powerhead to circulate the water and an airpump discard some of the water every 15-20 minutes and add an equal amount of fresh water from the display tank leave them in the container for at least 1 hour after cutting they will be releasing a large amount of toxins and slime during this time and it is best to keep them out of your display tank after the hour put them into a small container (I like to use the shallow deli containers you can get at Smart & Final I have plugs made from low alkali cement and argonite sand that fit in the bottom of the containers I drop the unattached mushrooms into the container and cover the top with fabric netting and secure with a rubberband and place the container on the sandbed in medium water flow the netting breaks the water flow enough to keep the mushrooms from being blown off the base but allows enough circulation to avoid dead water space. I have found that using the clean razor blade and slicing as little of the foot off as possible the quicker the recovery you can also "tickle" the mushroom until it deflates itself and shrinks up then take a razor blade and cut little slices along the edges of the mushroom foot and all the little cut off pieces will grow into new mushrooms.