How can you move a mushroom?

trainfever

trainfever

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I have a small piece of liverock with Xenia on it. There are a few stalks of Xenia on it and 2 small mushrooms. I want to remove the mushrooms from the rock and put them on another rock. Is there any way that I can do it without hurting the mushroom? I am afraid that eventually they will sting each other and both end up dieing. Any ideas on how to move them?
 
speg

speg

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The xenia wont sting.. but the mushroom may.
Depending on what kinda mushroom it is you can remove it different ways.. certain mushrooms you can actually take your fingernail and scrape close to the rock and it'll pry the entire mushroom as a whole off the rock.. which makes them easy to reattach wherever you want. Mushrooms like ricordea are a prime example of these easy-to-move mushrooms.
I've found that the more 'flimsy' type mushrooms are almost impossible to keep fully in tact while attempting to move it. Your best bet is to take a razor, place it on the rock by the shroom and scrape the mushroom completely off this way (scraping the rock at the base of the mushroom). This may rip the base of the mushroom a bit but it should grow back in no time. To attach to another rock take the mushroom and place it on a rock, then place a piece of net over top (do not do it tightly at all) then take a rubberband and secure the net onto the rock.
 
trainfever

trainfever

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The mushroom actually moves on its own. It disappears into a hole in the rock and then reappears out another hole on the other side of the rock.
 
littlebuck

littlebuck

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it goes in to a hole? unless its attached underneith the hole or something is the only thing i can think of why its doing that. I have one that is under a hole and comes out when the lights are on.
 
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