mushrooms

[nate914s]

i had a friend give me some mushrooms from his 10 yr old tank. he has been growing them for years. unfortanatly he gave me ones that had detached from the rock work. i can get then to attach? is it possible? and what are some ways of doing so?

 

[cowcio]

I just set mine of a rock in a low flow area and the attach naturally. I dont' know if this is the best way, but it has worked for me in the past.

 

[coralfarm123]

Place them in a small container of rubble and cover using a rubberband and bridal veil available at walmart very inexpensive in the fabric section. The shrooms will attach to the rubble and then you can super glue them to a piece of live rock. Put the glue on the small rocks and not the shroom, and you only need a very small amount. Very easy to do. It may take a week or two for the shrooms to attach to the rubble. Keep them in low flow until the are fully attached to the live rock.

 

[cowcio]

Is there anything wrong with just allowing it to attach to the rock? Is there a reason why you like to put it on rubble first?

 

[coralfarm123]

Nothing wrong with it at all, but sometimes can be frustrating. I am talking about pea to marble sized rubble in the container. It just makes easier to get mushrooms to attach to something. Some people just stuff the shrooms in a hole in their live rock or wedge it between two pieces of rock and it works the first time. If someone has a lot of live rock in their tank it can be very easy for the shroom to float away again and get lost in the rock work. I am sure there are several ways to accomplish the end goal. This is what I have found to be easy and works best for me.

 

[cowcio]

Your way sounds good to me!

 

[MaryBebo]

I read some where to be sure and wait atleast a month before you take them out. To make sure they attach.

 

[smp]

I have a CD spindle container, the 50 CD type sitting in my sump. What it does is create a zero flow area in the sump (which is lit) and I can put some rubble down there and let any unattached ricordia I buy sit in there until it sticks to a piece of rock. Put sand in first though or the mushroom might choose to stick to the bottom of the container rather than the rock.

 

[pledosophy]

In my prop system I have a 20g that has a crushed coral substrate. I just toss them in there. It takes about 10 days for the mushrooms to attach. Then you can glue the crushed coralpart to the rock of your choice. I tried several methods this works the best for me.

 

[coralfarm123]

My 40 breeder functions the same way. It has a very shallow bed of puka shell. My giant blue mushroom rock shoots polyps off like crazy. I have to continuously gather them up so they do start attaching to some of my zoa colonies and frags.