mushroom question

[cthegame]

Can i remove some mushrooms from the rock? If so, how do i go about doing that? I have one small rock covered with mushrooms (all around) and i cant seem to place it anywhere solid without putting the weight of the rock on a few mushrooms.

I know they detach themselves sometimes but is there a way i can physically remove a few and put them someplace else?

Thanks.

 

[Piggy]

Here you go. It tell you how. Also it's a good read

http://www.garf.org/news27p2.html

 

[yote]

Piggys got it covered.

 

[kyle]

wow thats a great link.

 

[sen5241b]

The article says Rhodactis or "hairy mushroom" have been accepted as anemone substitutes by clowns. Anyone had any luck with this?

 

[kyle]

i saw a vid not to long ago with a clown hosting a shroom. ive never done it. dont clowns have a preferrd anemone. like a maroon likes BTA.

 

[yote]

Clowns are clowns.Some will host with any EXCEPT an anemone,and others will take to whatever anemone you have.
I used to have a seba clown that loved xenia.

 

[kyle]

ive herd of clown hosting powerhead and heaters. stupid clowns

 

[cthegame]

Yup, my clowns hosted a powerhead long time ago. Hahaha yea, stupid clowns.

 

[Bifferwine]

One of my tomato clowns hosts my hairy mushrooms. But this is after she's hosted (and killed) about 5 other corals that were nearby first.

 

[sen5241b]

Killed them?! How?

 

[Bifferwine]

Sometimes when clowns host in corals, they irritate them so much that the corals won't open anymore. If they don't open, they can't feed, and then they die.

 

[kyle]

u should have gotten them a anemone. lol i know u dont want 1 tho

 

[reeffreak]

I have clowns that host hairy shrooms.IME,it seems that larger clown species-maroon,tomato,clark seem to pick whatever.BTW,the hairy shroom was nearly a foot in diameter.

 

[kyle]

a foot! wow thats a big shroom

 

[cthegame]

wow a foot is huge. How large can mushrooms get? i dont think i have seen any that large but sure would love to have one.

 

[reeffreak]

Yes,some of the rhodactis mushrooms get super huge.These were in my 72g. for over 5 years.I think there were some pics in my photo gallery.Since they changed the website,I have no idea how to access them.