Attaching Mushrooms

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clown-lover

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I went to the monthly reef club meeting and was given about 7 mushrooms that were cut off the rocks..

How do you attach mushrooms so something So they aren't floating around the tank where ever they want??
 
Well guess I'm off to buy pantyhose then... Thanks Niko
 
YOu ned to be careful IMO becuase the water flow isn't as good as the open mesh. I haven't had great luck with PH for the shrooms. I use a plexi container with rubble and they adhere quickly.
 
Can you use super glue???
 
The superglue gel is hit and miss becuase of how slimy they are. I have some that I have succesfully put on a plastic plug on my frag rack and others that stay for a day and then float. The best option for me is to put a plastic containter (I have a box as I mentioned before) with small pieces of rubble in it and let them attach. It seems to go much quicker than other methods I have tried. The box has alid with holes in it for water flow - but not enough to move them around, just to get fresh water flow. Hope that helps.
 
Almondsaz said:
The superglue gel is hit and miss becuase of how slimy they are. I have some that I have succesfully put on a plastic plug on my frag rack and others that stay for a day and then float. The best option for me is to put a plastic containter (I have a box as I mentioned before) with small pieces of rubble in it and let them attach. It seems to go much quicker than other methods I have tried. The box has alid with holes in it for water flow - but not enough to move them around, just to get fresh water flow. Hope that helps.
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How long did it take them to attach.. I tried the superglue with netting first.. But when I picked up the netting to see how they were doing a few of them blew back into my tank somewhere that I cannot see or reach... :(

So I have two of the 4 heads left and have had them in a container with some rubble but they are not attaching....
 
The veil method is good becuase it gives good water flow, etc. the stockings are problematic when I use them on the mushrooms.

Attached are two photographs. One is of the box I use, it simply sits at the bottom of the tank and the holes allows water to flow through without disturbing the fragged shrooms. The second shows a couple of pics of two ricordea mushrooms that I have used superglue gel on and they have held onto the plug for about three weeks now. When I use the rubble method (puting small pieces of rubble in the box and then in about 7-10 days the shrooms are attached. That has been my experience.

Hope this helps, let me know if there is anthing else I can do. Best of luck CL

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