Mushroom removal question?

Reefkid814 · Feb 15, 2022

Ok I have these Yuma mushrooms and their growing like crazy. I think I have 5/6 babies atm. My friend wants one but I'm not sure how to remove it.

Can I take a razor and slice it off? Or should I tell my buddy sorry can't do it. I'm not trying to harm my little babies so I figured I ask first.

blaxsun · Feb 15, 2022

You could try placing a frag plug adjacent and just wait for one to make it's way onto one?

Pico bam · Feb 15, 2022

Sure you can slice one off with a razor blade but it will need time to heal. Best chance of survival is for it to heal in your tank not his. You could aslo take a bone cutters or a side cutters and clip a piece of rock off with a shroom attached but doesn't really work with flat rock. Method three is flathead screwdriver/chisel the rock out around the mushrooms foot. Method four is try to peel the foot off with your finers/fingernails/credit card. Sometimes there are very attached to they're rock. You can do the frag plug method takes a long time though, good luck.

Reefkid814 · Feb 15, 2022

blaxsun said:
You could try placing a frag plug adjacent and just wait for one to make it's way onto one?

Yes, I thought of that. Just not the plug part you mentioned. I was thinking super glue and little piece of rubble from the sand bed next to one.

I was curious if I could slice it off? Best regards and thanks for your input.

Pico bam · Feb 15, 2022

those are some sweet shrooms btw.

sfin52 · Feb 15, 2022

They can be removed like nems pull the rock and massage the foot should pop off.

Another way is to chisel a chunk of the rock that the foot is attached too.

Shrooms tend not to go deep into rock crevices.

Reefkid814 · Feb 15, 2022

Pico bam said:
Sure you can slice one off with a razor blade but it will need time to heal. Best chance of survival is for it to heal in your tank not his. You could aslo take a bone cutters or a side cutters and clip a piece of rock off with a shroom attached but doesn't really work with flat rock. Method three is flathead screwdriver/chisel the rock out around the mushrooms foot. Method four is try to peel the foot off with your finers/fingernails/credit card. Sometimes there are very attached to they're rock. You can do the frag plug method takes a long time though, good luck.

So with that said, just slice it off and let it heal in my tank. Much appreciated, I do have a basket to put it in. So just let it heal tell it looks a ok. Hopefully no harm will be done. Fingers crossed. Thanks for your input. That about sums it up. Side note, I offered him eclectus mushroom frag but he said no. I have the eclectus on a big shell in the sand bed. Their a lot easier to remove that way...... Thanks for the help everyone it's appreciated.