How to attach mushrooms?

[TRS]

Here is what I do to attach mushrooms:

- Place crushed coral and rubble into a small container (such as a cream cheese, sour cream or margarine containers);
- Fill the container with aquarium water;
- Toss in the mushrooms;
- Use the bridal veil trick with an elastic band to the top of your container;
- Sink the entire container to the bottom of your frag tank or reef tank;
- Wait about a week or so for the mushrooms to attach to the container substrate;
- Remove the mushrooms from your container and glue them to larger rocks or frag plugs.

HTH

[Todd]

I had some small small pieces of mushrooms floating around from when I went away and my return pump started blowing air onto a large fuzzy mushroom. I put the mushroom pieces into the betta tank with some rubble, and am waiting for them to grow / attach. I am glad to see that this is a good idea!

I have also used the elastic method with good success on larger mushrooms

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by sTang

Here is what I do to attach mushrooms:

- Place crushed coral and rubble into a small container (such as a cream cheese, sour cream or margarine containers);
- Fill the container with aquarium water;
- Toss in the mushrooms;
- Use the bridal veil trick with an elastic band to the top of your container;
- Sink the entire container to the bottom of your frag tank or reef tank;
- Wait about a week or so for the mushrooms to attach to the container substrate;
- Remove the mushrooms from your container and glue them to larger rocks or frag plugs.

HTH

I like this idea

[04scoobysti]

Has anybody tried using surgical needles and cutting an elastic band into small squares, then sticking the needle thru the elastic band, thru the frag to be attached and into the live rock. The piece of elactic keeps pressure on the frag till it attaches.

[supersmile]

Should the mesh be firmly wrapped around the rock and mushroom or just let it float in the mesh with the rock and it will eventually attach?