Should I move these mushrooms?

I have had a FOWLR 29g for about a year. I have recently added some new rock that had some mushrooms attached when I bought the rock. Now that I have my complete rock structure I am ready to add lights and start adding more corals. The mushrooms have been in the tank now for a couple weeks and are doing excellent. The bad part, they are near the top of the tank. I am about to go from a standard aquarium light to a 4x24 T5 system. I do not want to fry these guys, but I do not want to move the rock they are attached to. How can I detach them and move them safely? Should I just try and acclimate them to the light at the top and leave them be? What would be best? Appreciate any advice.

 

I meant to add....there are only 4 mushrooms in question, one is very large, two are medium and one is smaller, so its not a large grouping, just these 4.

 

I'm always wary of trying to detach mushrooms from rocks. If you don't want to move the rocks then try starting out with just two of the four bulbs on (I'm assuming there is a switch for two, and another switch for the other two). Also, even with just two bulbs, don't have the light on as long as you normally do with you current lights. Work your way up in intensifying the light by increasing the amount of time the lights are on. Use your judgment as to when its too much and for when to turn the second set of bulbs on. Your corals will let you know.

 

I agree with Mandarin. Slow light acclimation should do the trick . As for now you don't have any corals so the two lights on for a short period of time and then increase the time , and then start adding bulbs in. Good luck! Keep us posted.

 

that is the safe way to do it, i moved some mushrooms from vhos to halides and they took it rough but ultimately made it through

 

but if you want to move it get a straight edge razor and cut of the mushrooms then super glue (or use a toothpick ) them to the new rock very easy.;D

 

I helped Kogle try to move some mushrooms once and they squirted all over the place, not a good thing. I would try the light acclimation like mentioned above, if there is no seperated switch for 2 bulbs just put 2 in to start out, then add a third and fourth down the road. Good luck!!

 

I'd use wax paper, a semi-transparent tote lid, or something like that to function as a parasol or sun shade to lessen the amount of light that hits directly on them. As stated above, start with less day light hours too.

 

I know this is going to sound funky but the best way to move mushrooms it chisel them off the rock along with as small piece of the rock. This way you wont disturb the mushroom to much and it is a sh^tload easier to super glue them to another place in the tank with that small piece of rock.

as far as acclimating them that is easily don't also when I switched I took a piece of 1/4 plexi cut it about 6 inches wide and the width of the tank, laid a piece of aluminum foil across it. then each day for about 2 weeks I rolled in in from each end till all that was left was a little stick in the center and my mushrooms and Zoa's that we high in the tank were basking bright new light.

As far as cutting them off that can be do also with out any problem. I have cut them off and cut the head of a 2' mushroom into 6 pieces and 6 new mushrooms and a bonus one that grew from the stump I left on the rock. It takes a few weeks for them to recover and become round again but before you know it you will have 7 perfectly round little mushrooms. This link is a very good video of fragging mushroom while in a tank.



So you have very many options

 

All this talk of razoring off shrooms and chiseling rocks apart seems a little too much work for acclimating shrooms. They will be fine by acclimating them to more intense light slowly.