What to do with Rhodactis Shroom?

cam78

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I had one of these fall of or get pulled off. It is just rolling around the tank. Can I attach it to a piece of small live rock that has been out of water for 2 months? Will the ammonia kill anything? Do I use a rubber band or super glue gel? How long can I leave it out of water to attach it to a rock?
 

socal57che

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Get the piece of rubble and rubber band ready then remove the shroom and attach it to the rubble. It will survive out of the water for several minutes anyway, don't know exactly how long, but they are removed from water to frag all the time.
 

dmjordan

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if the rock has been dry for 2 months it is probably just base rock now anyways. don't think it will cause any kind of spike. try to either rubberband it or use a net around it (loosely) for a week till it attaches. you can have a shroom out of the water for a couple of minutes with no harm done.
 

cam78

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Originally Posted by dmjordan
if the rock has been dry for 2 months it is probably just base rock now anyways. don't think it will cause any kind of spike. try to either rubberband it or use a net around it (loosely) for a week till it attaches. you can have a shroom out of the water for a couple of minutes with no harm done.

Net? Would stockings work?
 

socal57che

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Seems like I've heard of stockings being used. Just make sure it's not restrictive. It's just to keep the frag or polyp from detatching and floating around. You also want food to penetrate.
 

dmjordan

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fish nets are inexpensive. i bought one large fish net (big enough to go around the rock but not too tight...just snug). i cut the net off of the handle and wrap the rock with the shroom on it. you want to make sure it can get flow through the net otherwise the shroom will die. as far as stockings....fishnet stockings should work or wedding vail. as long as the holes are large enough for water to flow through freely.
 

cam78

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Thanks. and you think it will be OK to use a small old piece of the live rock that is prob base now? Its going in a 46 so it should be ok right?
 
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