attaching mushrooms

[Ping]

Along Joshua's line of thought, how about a tooth pick. Plastic would be preferable but wood works.

[Hotrod32487]

Ive got mine to stay with super glue. I dont think the super glue itself is what gets it to stay. It just holds it for a few days and it attaches itself. Not the best solution i dont think but i can say from experience that it works

[Ram_Puppy]

another way I have used in the past - at HEB in the veggies section (also in the kitchen appliances section) they sell little yellow lemon squeeze cloths. they have an elastic band allready, so no rubber bands required, just put the mushroom on the rock, put the lemon cloth over, and it will hold it to the rock.

assuming you use a large enough rock.

[jessinator752]

thanks everyone!! there are some really good suggestions here and hopefully i'll get them attached by sunday.

[josephatmbimortgage]

I've done the rubberband thing a million times and never had any issue. It's simple and you place them where you want them to be at. Looking in the sale section about three months ago when I had 15 shrooms rocks for sale.

-Joseph

[jessinator752]

all but two of the mushrooms i removed from the rocks yesterday have turned to mush this morning. is that normal? what am i doing wrong? the two that are still good i actually ended up chipping part of the rock off so they were still attched. could i be cutting them wrong? i know you say i can't kill a mushroom, so why are they turning mushy and stringy? my quaranteen tank where i kept the frags smells like rotten fish this morning and the mushrooms are just stringing all through the tank.

[erikharrison]

pics?

[jessinator752]

there really isn't anything to take a picture of. the mushrooms seem to have disappeared. they turn into a pile of brown goo then the water just washes them away.

[reeferRob]

;)

[kkutac001]

I can attest to the effectiveness of using toothpicks. It takes two-three days or so. Also, I don't just pull the toothpick straight out. I roll the pick between thumb and forefinger, to ensure the animal's flesh has detached from the toothpick. Then, I pull the toothpick out. I don't stab the shroom through its mouth, just near the mouth -- say 1/3 of the way out from the mouth. If you spear it too near its edge, it seems able to 'grow around' or otherwise set itself free from the toothpick.
I've used this method with xenia as well (be sure to roll the toothpick!). ..Karl