Is this okay?

proud-Noob-aquarist · Apr 17, 2023

So I just bought a eclectus mushroom and it immediately detached from the plug. I don’t want it floating all over the tank so I put it in a bucket of water and siphoned water from my tank and have it at 81 degrees but there’s no flow in this bucket. How long can I leave it in here without needing to worry about it dying? Or should I go about this another way?

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Apr 17, 2023

Look into getting a shroom box and put some rubble rock and the mushroom inside. Hopefully it will attach to a piece in a week or 2.

proud-Noob-aquarist · Apr 17, 2023

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal said:
Look into getting a shroom box and put some rubble rock and the mushroom inside. Hopefully it will attach to a piece in a week or 2.

Will it survive the night like this though?

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Apr 17, 2023

proud-Noob-aquarist said:
Will it survive the night like this though?

Sure. No worse than being shipped

MERKEY · Apr 17, 2023

Drill some holes in a Tupperware container and put it in the Tupperware container with rubble and put it back in your tank.

MERKEY · Apr 17, 2023

You can even drill holes in the lid so the shroom won't float out.

proud-Noob-aquarist · Apr 17, 2023

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal said:
Sure. No worse than being shipped

Okay thank you, that makes sense and will help me sleep tonight haha

proud-Noob-aquarist · Apr 17, 2023

MERKEY said:
Drill some holes in a Tupperware container and put it in the Tupperware container with rubble and put it back in your tank.

I don’t know why I didn’t think of this I can easily do that right now! Thank you!!

salt creap · Apr 17, 2023

sometimes the shroom is still attached to a little piece of rock or shell underneath and have had luck glueing that tiny bit to a plug but its a delicate procedure that takes finesse -i have had luck this way faster- also have used the bottom of a two liter with small live rock rubble in a low flow area (where it wont blow out, but still in the light may take weeks

rogersb · Apr 17, 2023

I just had this happen with a kryptonite, placed it in a small container in my tank in low light/low flow and left it for 2 weeks before checking. It attached to an old dead snail shell and I glued that onto a plug.