best way to stick shrooms

im going ton be volunteering(spelling?) at my local museum working on aquariums. their reef tank is LOADED with orange and green large mushrooms. he told me he would love it if i weeded some of them out. so of course i said weed them out as in bring them home? he said take as many of those darn things as you want, so i plan on taking alot. my question is what is the best way to stick them to the back glass and rock. i have super glue gel but have had a hard time in the past with mushrooms. is it true that if you dry the foot of the mushroom with a paper towel and then glue it , it works better?

 

i always put mine on a rock then wrap netting or screen around em till they attach ive never attached to glass before

 

Drying a mushroom likely won't make much of a difference. Go to a fabric store and buy bridal veil (it's dirt cheap). Put the mushrooms on a piece of LR rubble, cover the rock with bridal veil, and rubberband it down. In a week or two, remove the bridal veil. The mushrooms with be attached to the rock.

 

Mushrooms slime over so gluing is tough.
If its for rock I either stick a toothpick through the mushroom and in to a hole in the rock or I wrap a piece of netting like wedding veil tulle around the rock and hold it in place with a couple rubber bands until they attach. A third option is to place a buch of live rock rubble or crushed coral in a tupperware type dish and stick a couple mushrooms inside until they attach them glue the rubble or coral to the rock or glass.

 

the toothpick idea is great. plastic or wood? does it matter?

 

;No wood.. I have read many Propogation posts and Plastic swords/ toothpics are preferred by many. That is an awesome oportunity at the museum. Hope all goes well.

 

I use wood but it probaby does not matter. They will only be in the tank a few days before they attach anyway.

 

It doesnt matter wood or plastic. Most people prefer plastic, me i say just as long as it isnt been used. Az covered all three ways that are most often used.

 

I can't take credit for this idea, but it works great and is "slime-free." Buy a small container of blueberries in the grocery store (the kind that comes in the little clear plastic container that's full of holes). Eat the blueberries. ;D Rinse the container and add small pieces of rock or rubble. Add the mushrooms. Close container. Sink down in the tank and leave it. In about a week, the mushrooms will have attached themselves to a rock. I then glue that piece of rock with the mushroom attached to my live rock.

 

i will try the toothpick method for the rock. i have only sand in the tank no cc or rubble. ill just try dabbing dry the foot of the shroom and putting a few drops of glue and fixing it to the back glass.