Mounting shrooms

[Llarian]

Ok, how in the hell do you get these bloody slippery little things to stay in place long enough for them to take hold of the rock? Glue doesn't work at all, and manipulating them is difficult as they slide right out of your fingers.

Particuarly in a nano like I'm working with there there's not a ton of space between the rockwork, its rather annoying when a small shroom you're trying to get in place slips and/or is blow across the tank by the current after you get it in place and ends up wedged in a crevice somewhere that's hard to get at without disrupting all the rest of your livestock.

Any suggestions?

-Dylan

 

[jasontatro]

I take a toothpick and "skewer" them to a piece of rock. Works every time.

 

[Anthony Calfo]

agreed... impale/skewer them... corallimorphs really cannot be glued. Cyanoacrylate glue is about only good for stony frags and those few softies with large spicules and stalks that are weakly mucous.

 

[wrightme43]

I agree Skewer them. For a real nautical flair. Use the plastic pirate swords that are used with mixed drinks. LOL I have also had luck using live rock rubble in a high walled bowl set in to the tank and letting them attach on thier own. Just my experince. Steve

 

[jasontatro]

If I go the rubble route... I just rubberband a piece of bridal veil over them and let them sit for a couple of weeks.

Gotta give props to Anthony for the skewer method... that's where I first learned how to do it.

 

[Llarian]

Awesome, that sounds perfect. Thanks guys!

-Dylan

 

[mojoreef]

Mounting Shrooms

Man Dylan we got to get you a girlfriend!!!!


Ooppps sorry wrong board



Mike

 

[Llarian]

pffft! I have a girlfriend as of last week, thankyouverymuch. =)

We'll see if she lasts long with my reefing and car hobbies taking up so much time though. The corals are a higher priority, of course.

-Dylan

(edited to remove more double entendre ammo before Mike sees it)

 

[orion76]

Probably lasts until you start cutting up her panty hose to cover your coral rubble shroom bowls

 

[bradreef]

The hobby is expensive but just a fraction of the cost of a girlfriend.

 

[Llarian]

So true.

-Dylan

 

[plack]

agreed... impale/skewer them... corallimorphs really cannot be glued. Cyanoacrylate glue is about only good for stony frags and those few softies with large spicules and stalks that are weakly mucous.

wELL WHERE CAN YOU SKEWER THEM ANYWHERE? IN THE CENTER ?
ALSO IF THEY ARE STUCK TO A ROCK HOW DO YOU REMOVE THEM TO MOVE THEM TO ANOTHER PLACE ? SORRY ABOUT ALL THE CAPITAL LETTERS

 

[Llarian]

Mushrooms are pretty difficult to move once they decided to stick somewhere they like in my experience. You can scrape them off, but that can be an effective way of cloning them accidentally.

You can skewer them pretty much anywhere, they're almost impossible to kill and don't seem to care much.

-Dylan

 

[Abissus]

This is a little off topic. You mentioned scrape them off, I am wondering what is a good way to remove unwanted mushrooms? Scrape them off and then toothbrush thoroughly (and rinse outside tank)?

 

[Llarian]

I believe there was another thread on here about removing mushrooms, but I can't seem to find it right now.

The overall consensus seemed to be that they're nearly impossible to remove. =)

I'll see if I can dig it up when I have some more time.

-Dylan

 

[reefer]

Probably lasts until you start cutting up her panty hose to cover your coral rubble shroom bowls

Another good use for the panty hose is to cut the feet out or use calf high ones to put over the return lines from your tank to the sump. No more micro bubbles and bubbles splashing out of the sump. Aren't our women great to share their intimates? (I hope my wife doedn't look in the sump and see what I've done with her nylons.) :badgrin:

 

[snobanker]

I knowwwwww everyone said you can't glue mushrooms however I did glue one to a rock, before I heard about skewering them, and it actually worked. At least it stayed there, whether it was the glue or not .......

 

[orion76]

And of course, panty hose makes great nylon sachets for baiting crab traps

 

[bswim]

And of course, panty hose makes great nylon sachets for baiting crab traps

Lets not forget curing salmon eggs as well