floating shroom

[spardoin]

My mushroom was on a piece of rock from which it escaped. It had seemed happy for a long time in its location, but seperated itself once and now did so again. The first time I reglued it there was a piece of the rock on it, so i was able to glue rock to rock. But its latest escape seems to have resulted in complete escape from any rock. This morning I have found it in three places, once on a coral that would likely sting it. What do I do?

 

[superclown]

if you can't get it to stay put wedge it down into a deep crevice that usually will do the trick

 

[jennm]

Put it in a shallow dish in the tank, with some rubble or other coarse substrate. We use eggcrate to keep them in the dish (put a small piece of rock on top of the eggcrate so it doesn't blow off.

It will attach in a few days to a week or so, then you can move/glue that piece of coarse substrate to something larger if you wish.

Jenn

 

[spardoin]

so does the egg crate cover the small dish and how does that not prevent ligth from enterring?

 

[superclown]

Cause it has small holes in it

 

[jennm]

It will impede the light a bit, but the mushrooms can tolerate that. Some have done it using veil/mesh directly on the mushroom and rock but I find that just irritates the mushroom and it doesn't want to attach because it doesn't find the environment suitable.

I've got some mushrooms in a tray in the shop with eggcrate on it right now.

Jenn

 

[spardoin]

So in looking at other post, I've figured out you are not referring to egg crate materials in which I actually purchase my eggs or are you?

 

[jj ocean]

Use Jenn's method. Best way I found.

Egg crate is slang for a lighting filter sheet. Walk into any home depot and ask for it. They will know what it is. Cut with dikes/pliers to fit what you want.

 

[jennm]

No. It's plastic light diffuser - found in the lighting section at Lowe's or HD. It's plastic grid.

Jenn

 

[frantz]

Walk into any home depot and ask for it. They will know what it is.

Depends who you ask there! But the egg crate covered dish works great. Before I used this method I tried uncovered and they still blew around and I gave up. Honestly, even in my 120 with lots of dark caves every singe one found a new home somewhere else in the tank, some took month for me to find. I often just let them go now as part of the natural process of my tank unless I have a specific place for that color.