Mushroom Question

Too Sweet · 01/08/2010, 11:18 AM

Do mushrooms split or do you have to frag them?

Also my biggest mushroom (bigger than a gallon bottle cap) started to slim and when I got up the next day it was no longer there. I did a water change before it started slimming. The other mushrooms in the tank are doing fine. What could be the problem?

DLANDINO · 01/08/2010, 11:26 AM

sorry, you are right it was. I am typing it on my blackberry and must have been fat fingering the keyboard. I"ll try again later when I can get to a keyboard.

Too Sweet · 01/08/2010, 11:33 AM

kinda confusing

blazing · 01/08/2010, 11:38 AM

IME they dont reallt split. they move and leave a piece of their foot behinde and that become another shroom. i have however frag them too.

kingfisher62 · 01/08/2010, 11:40 AM

Your shroom probably detached from the rock and is now floating around in your tank somewhere. It will most likely reattach elsewhere. Sometimes if they do not like the spot they were placed or are stressed they will do that.

romsoccer12 · 01/08/2010, 11:47 AM

king fisher is right. it will find a place of its own hopefully. sometimes they die though because they get stuck in a spot with no light. try looking around the tank a little

sfilipowski · 01/08/2010, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by blazing

IME they dont reallt split. they move and leave a piece of their foot behinde and that become another shroom. i have however frag them too.

mine have made/dropped little shrooms right beside themselves without moving at all. one day bam there was another one. I have also heard of people putting them in blenders pouring them back into the tank and shrooms would just show up whereever they are happy. If they do not like their placement they will not attach and will find the right flow and light befoe they will attach

kingfisher62 · 01/08/2010, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by sfilipowski

I have also heard of people putting them in blenders pouring them back into the tank and shrooms would just show up whereever they are happy.

I wouldn't make a smoothie in that blender any more!

lordofthereef · 01/08/2010, 03:30 PM

You can frag them by splitting the head right down the center. I have seen people split a large shrrom in to 4-8 pieces, let it rest on some rubble, and in a few weeks time there are 4-8 new heads. They also tend to spread out over rocks, much like zoanthids, though maybe not quite as close together.

sfboarders · 01/08/2010, 04:05 PM

I followed this technique of propagating mushrooms. They stuck to the rubble within 2 weeks and I placed the rubble in random places on my rocks. The mushrooms I cut up are now looking round and starting to grow within a week.

garzaci · 01/08/2010, 08:20 PM

The first corals I ever got were blue mushrooms. Every other week it seems there are a few new ones growing on the rock they are on. From time to time one will float around and attach somewhere else. I've even found them in my canister filter before. I just removed and placed in the tank and they survived. They are resilient. I've accidently buried a few before and a week or so later found them doing a little cleaning and they bounced right back. As long as your water is even semi decent they will survive.

01/08/2010, 11:18 AM	#1
Too Sweet Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ST. Thomas, VI Posts: 86	Mushroom Question Do mushrooms split or do you have to frag them? Also my biggest mushroom (bigger than a gallon bottle cap) started to slim and when I got up the next day it was no longer there. I did a water change before it started slimming. The other mushrooms in the tank are doing fine. What could be the problem? __________________ "And you said you were broke?" Ha... your a REEFER! Current Tank Info: 55 gal.

01/08/2010, 11:26 AM	#2
DLANDINO D.L. Heritage Rings Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Clinton, CT USA Posts: 5,610	sorry, you are right it was. I am typing it on my blackberry and must have been fat fingering the keyboard. I"ll try again later when I can get to a keyboard. __________________ Dave Current Tank Info: JBJ 8 Nano mixed Last edited by DLANDINO; 01/08/2010 at 11:49 AM.

01/08/2010, 11:33 AM	#3
Too Sweet Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ST. Thomas, VI Posts: 86	kinda confusing __________________ "And you said you were broke?" Ha... your a REEFER! Current Tank Info: 55 gal.

01/08/2010, 11:40 AM	#5
kingfisher62 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: massachusetts Posts: 4,972	Your shroom probably detached from the rock and is now floating around in your tank somewhere. It will most likely reattach elsewhere. Sometimes if they do not like the spot they were placed or are stressed they will do that. __________________ 55g Tank - 216W T5's Foxface, tomato clown, yellow tailed damsel, Starrie Blennie, LPS and softies 29G Biocube- 120W LED's 2 percular clown, Six line Wrasse , LPS and softies Current Tank Info: 55 gl. Reef tank ,29g biocube Reef

01/08/2010, 11:47 AM	#6
romsoccer12 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ohio Posts: 2,625	king fisher is right. it will find a place of its own hopefully. sometimes they die though because they get stuck in a spot with no light. try looking around the tank a little __________________ Colin R Current Tank Info: 3rd tank working fine!(29gal oceanic biocube) 5-6months old

01/08/2010, 11:38 AM	#4
blazing Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: yay area Posts: 625	IME they dont reallt split. they move and leave a piece of their foot behinde and that become another shroom. i have however frag them too.

01/08/2010, 03:30 PM	#9
lordofthereef One reef to rule them all Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Leominster, MA Posts: 5,299	You can frag them by splitting the head right down the center. I have seen people split a large shrrom in to 4-8 pieces, let it rest on some rubble, and in a few weeks time there are 4-8 new heads. They also tend to spread out over rocks, much like zoanthids, though maybe not quite as close together. __________________ "A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself" ~ Josh Billings Visit My Home page for current build thread (click my user name and select "Visit LordoftheReef's Homepage" in the drop down menu!

01/08/2010, 04:05 PM	#10
sfboarders Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: 808 State Posts: 1,356	I followed this technique of propagating mushrooms. They stuck to the rubble within 2 weeks and I placed the rubble in random places on my rocks. The mushrooms I cut up are now looking round and starting to grow within a week.

01/08/2010, 08:20 PM	#11
garzaci Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Richlands, NC Posts: 241	The first corals I ever got were blue mushrooms. Every other week it seems there are a few new ones growing on the rock they are on. From time to time one will float around and attach somewhere else. I've even found them in my canister filter before. I just removed and placed in the tank and they survived. They are resilient. I've accidently buried a few before and a week or so later found them doing a little cleaning and they bounced right back. As long as your water is even semi decent they will survive. __________________ Carlos No tank at all. Sold everything when I got stationed in Okinawa. Planning for when I return though. Current Tank Info: 20 gal reef tank