shrooms did not make it

the load of shrooms that i got and placed in the sump in a container of gravel rotted. i woke up this morning to cloudy water so i instantly checked the container. most of the shrooms rotted away into slimy mush. i took it out and grabbed the shrooms that still looked ok. i placed those on the sandbed of the display and put a piece of eggcrate over them. hopefully they will attach to some sand that i can glue. i think the stagnant, still water in the sump is to blame. man did it smell horrible! i am doing an unscheduled water change today

 

Hmm, strange. The sump has some flow. What type of mushrooms are these?

 

im not sure. they are not the hairy kind. just bright orange and green

 

That's really odd. Did you use a pair of scissors to create flow holes in the side of the containter?

 

usually shrooms are indistructable.

 

no flow holes. the water is really stagnant in the sump. only about 400-500 gallons an hr go through it. when i took these shrooms out of the big museum tank i just grabbed them with tongs and ripped them off. so that, and the low flow probably did them in. the ones that are in the display do look nice though. i hope they spread fast.

 

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