Mushroom help

Discussion in 'Soft Corals' started by YoYoel16, Aug 16, 2012.

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  1. YoYoel16

    YoYoel16 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I just got two mushroom coral.
    One blue mushroom, and a green striped mushroom.

    They are perfectly fine, just my only worry is that
    i bought them loose.
    I know that you can stick them in a bowl a help them stick to something but I'm just thinking of letting them do their thing and do what they wanna do :)
    Am i wrong, or should i help them get stuck to something?

    Thanks :)
     
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  3. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    you can do that, but theres a good chance its gonna get picked up by a current and blown into your rockwork somewhere, and who knows where?
     
  4. TurboPhish

    TurboPhish Astrea Snail

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    if you just drop them in there is a chance thay could get stuck in your filter or fall somewhere thay will just die off i would try a bowl ive used shotglass's in the past to get them to stick where i want them hope this helps ;D
     
  5. YoYoel16

    YoYoel16 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Ive heard a lot of ways of getting them to stick, but is there anyway that i can get them to stick inside the tank? Cause i don't have extra rubble :/
     
  6. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    rubberband, string, a loofah/bady wash thing( just cut it up a new one and rinse it off)makes a nice netting that you can secure it where you want it!
     
  7. Kevin_E

    Kevin_E Giant Squid

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    Any loose snail shells? I attached one to a snail shell.
     
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  9. reefermadnes

    reefermadnes Bristle Worm

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    Snail or hermit shell should work, take a small piece of rock out of your tank and cut a piece off the edge, if you have big coarse sand you can use that in a cup and it will stick to the sand, or just try gluing it to a piece of rock. I had one small mushroom that was growing on the glass in one tank so I scrapped it of and threw it in another and just let it float around it took about three months before I seen it, it could get sucked out too.