Can You Frag A Mushroom

[johnnyjtaylor]

TBH it looks quite happy in your pic to me. I believe if you cut it off you can glue it with superglue gel elsewhere(make sure you dry the surface of the bit you're going to glue and the surface of the rock you're glueing to with kitchen roll/paper towel),the stump should grow another head. Other wise try and break the rock with a hammer and chisel.

As I said though it doen't look unhappy in your pic, not standing up straight doesn't mean unhappy,mine leans forward at 45 degrees. I would leave it TBH.

HTH Johnny

 

[bae1994]

sorry thats off google just same kind as mine

 

[johnnyjtaylor]

i dont think you can frag a single one.

Just to clarify, normal mushrooms(NOT a toadstool that Bae is referring to) are absolutely bullet proof and can be fragged If you cut one off ,the bit left on the rock will quickly become another mushroom,you can then chop up the disc you have just cut off into several pieces that will all become whole mushrooms. The best way to get them attached to somethig is to put them on the sand in a low flow area or in some form of fragging tray with sand placed in the tank, after a week or so they will all attach to the sand and then can be glued to rocks. Easy

sorry thats off google just same kind as mine

Lol. How does yours look? is it extending its polyps? If it is it's most likely happy, if not its not

 

[bae1994]

its shrunk away and no pollups showing
gonna try chisle

 

[Crazy fishes]

I have found they love fast flow and I mean love it. Is it currently in a fast flow area? They do produce a thick mucus which the flow helps remove so they can respire properly. Just use a sharp blade to cut through the base (rock end) of the central stork and super glue to a smaller rock frag. Make sure the piece being glued are dry as the super glue sticks much better. You can take the whole thing out of the tank to do all this. Don't worry about them being out of water it is natural for them to have some time out. I think 2 hours is really the safe cut off for out of water time when it comes to leathers.

Good luck

Regards

 

[johnnyjtaylor]

What do you think it doesn't like where it is now? Is it getting blasted by a power head, is it in a light deficient area?

Has it been like this long? They do sometimes shrink down for a day or two and shed a layer of skin, especially if they have got 'dirty' like algea on them.Hows you water quality?

The good news is they are very hardy and usually recover.

 

[bae1994]

light defficiency