Relocating Shrooms

[terry4505]

I have a beautiful rock covered with Zoas and Shrooms. The shrooms are growing and I would like to relocate some of the larger ones to different rocks. What is the best way to move one, causing the least amount of damage to it?

 

[mr.maroonsalty]

Use a sharp screwdriver, or 1/4 chisel to try and pry a wee bit of rock and coral together off the main piece.

 

[terry4505]

So in order to relocate the shroom, I need to break off a piece of the rock it is attached to as well?

 

[DVA]

Just like terrestrial mushrooms they are amazingly resilient. When ours are too big for the spot they are in we cut the head off with a razor blade and relocate it. The head will attach to the rock and the original body will grow a new head.

You can also cut them as close to the rock as possible and they will reattach to their new location.

We force attachment by holding the shrooms down with plastic netting from fruit or potato packaging for about a week.

This is a great way to propagate them also. We have created multi morph rocks this way.

It's a little scary at first, and out of the 50 or so we have done we have lost only 3-4.

If we are concerned about health we (as mentioned above) chisel a small piece of rock off and relocate it that way.

David

 

[terry4505]

Ok, thanks for the advice.

 

[mr.maroonsalty]

I thought you wanted to remove them. I'm not saying destroy the rock with hammer and chisel, just get a wee bit of it as you gently work the polyp off it. Enough calcium to put a drop of super glue on is all you're after.

 

[The J Man]

I slice em with an exacto knife and locktight gel them where I want em, although the netting idea is clever and I may give that a shot next time around

 

[superkat]

razor blade or exacto, +1....aquamend and crazy glue.