Mushroom Coral reproduced(i think)

[Andy16]

I was looking in my tank today and I found two polyps free from the rock in my tank. I could tell the rock was getting overcrowded but i didnt want to risk fragging it. I guess the coral did the job by itself. So now how should I attach the polyps to a rock? Could I use panty hose instead of bridal veil? I dont know if it will cut off to much light or not so i dont want to risk it. Any suggestions? I really want the polyps to survive so I can trade them or make a new colony.

[mogurnda]

I have used bridal veil and rubber bands. The last time I just skewered a few with toothpicks and stuck the toothpicks where I wanted them in the rockwork. Worked great. Panty hose should be fine. The mushrooms will stick down in a few days, and will be fine with less light until then.

[gbolton]

Mine did that and I just super glued them to a new rock. I now have three rocks ready to move out full of mushrooms that I have just superglued to.

[Andy16]

I dont have any superglue but that sounds like it would work good. I didnt have panty hose or bridal veil at my house so I had to use a plastic bag. It doesnt work very well and it doesnt seem aquarium safe but it was the only thing i had on hand at the time.

[Max]

toothpicks or rubberbands work pretty good or just plain old string.
hth
chris

[Andy16]

I got some panty hose to hold it down. I didnt get rubberbands though. My dad forgot to get them. Ill have to find a peice of string to tie it down with.

[Andy16]

The panty hose didnt need a string. They were strecthy so they just retracted back in the form of the rock. So now I have two polyps that are being reattached, one that I lost in the tank, and another that looks like it is about to break off. So how long should I wait until I take the panty hose off the shrooms?

[Max]

A couple of weeks at the very most. It didn't even take a week with some of mine and I just sort of wedged some of them between two rocks.]

[Andy16]

I have some good news. I have 3 polyps attached with the pantyhose. Four came off the main rock but I lost one of them. Ill get some pics of them just so I know I am doing everything right.

I have a funny to share from my experience too. It looks like my fiesty little damsel is meaner than I thought. The little sucker attacks ME. Lol. I dont think it will beable to stay in the tank when I want to get my other fish. Right now it is with a clarkii clown, but the clarkii keeps it in check. The clarkii doesnt attack me though. Its actually kind of scary when you see it going for the attack. It feels really weird too.

[Andy16]

Here are the pictures

Here is one of the corals under being held onto the rock(not a great pic)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/p0934a1aab71e9d412bf75001e2bc0a2e/f896b979.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4170627449&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imagestation.com%2Fpicture%2F sraid117%2Fp0934a1aab71e9d412bf75001e2bc0a2e%2Ff89 6b979.jpg&caption=100_1209

Another
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/p4eb7d5daa54a10789201e8a94c4bd8ee/f896b988.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4170627464&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imagestation.com%2Fpicture%2F sraid117%2Fp4eb7d5daa54a10789201e8a94c4bd8ee%2Ff89 6b988.jpg&caption=100_1207

You can actually see the polyp under the panty hose in this one
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/pb8a5b089d0115d86f68211be40c72232/f896b99d.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4170627485&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imagestation.com%2Fpicture%2F sraid117%2Fpb8a5b089d0115d86f68211be40c72232%2Ff89 6b99d.jpg&caption=100_1208

Crappy pic of the main rock, this one was taken right after I was messing with the tank so they arent close to fully expanded.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/p8038e885568a06671c588c2ffcd7e97f/f896b984.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4170627460&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imagestation.com%2Fpicture%2F sraid117%2Fp8038e885568a06671c588c2ffcd7e97f%2Ff89 6b984.jpg&caption=100_1211

Heres the killer damsel(had to edit the pic to make it darker, it was really bright when I took it.)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/p013886ae542353528f9715f8e9260229/f896b991.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4170627473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imagestation.com%2Fpicture%2F sraid117%2Fp013886ae542353528f9715f8e9260229%2Ff89 6b991.jpg&caption=100_1213



I gave you guys the actually picture, but if they dont show up you can try the link.

[Andy16]

I checked two of them to see if they were attached, neither were. It has been around 4 days. Should it take longer than that? I dont see how they can survive that long being so constricted by the pantyhose. I just let one loose to see what happens to it.

[knowthemath]

The polyps that you lost may attach themselves to rubble in the bottom of the tank. When I received my corals, some lost polyps. I was able to gather some, others were out of reach. They drifted around until they found a place out of the flow and attached themselves to rubble. As time passed, I think my crabs moved them out from their hiding places as they did their little crab thing.

Yesterday I was able to gather 5 different polyps and attached them to larger pieces of rock. Some had attached themselves to rubble that was actually smaller than their base.