will this mushroom heal?

Gusto · Nov 3, 2019

Hi Everyone,
I purchased a frag with 2 Forest Fire Mushroom on it today and tried to spilt the rock in half (should have left well enough alone, ugh) and accidentally tore one of the mushrooms, will it heal? Please see the picture below..

Thanks Gus

AllSignsPointToFish · Nov 3, 2019

It may or may not. If you start seeing a lot of slime or brown jelly, pull it and check it out. If it stinks, it probably won't make it.

MERKEY · Nov 3, 2019

Mushrooms are hearty and it should be ok. But yes watch for brown stuff!

To frag a mush you actually just cut it in half. Some just cut chunks off.

I just got an order of a mush that was clearly cut in half after I ordered and it will be fine also. Just watch who you buy from

AllSignsPointToFish · Nov 3, 2019

MERKEY said:
Mushrooms are hearty and it should be ok. But yes watch for brown stuff!

To frag a mush you actually just cut it in half. Some just cut chunks off.

I just got an order of a mush that was clearly cut in half after I ordered and it will be fine also. Just watch who you buy from

All that is true, but I have very recently actually killed some of them during removal. I was really surprised that they didn't survive given how bulletproof they typically are.

Gusto · Nov 3, 2019

Thank you for your replys.. I'm just hoping the way it torn that it heals.. it does look a little better in the tank

AllSignsPointToFish · Nov 3, 2019

Gusto said:
Thank you for your replys.. I'm just hoping the way it torn that it heals.. it does look a little better in the tank

I can't tell how badly it's torn from the picture. If the fringes are torn but the mouth and foot are intact, it will probably make it.

Gregg @ ADP · Nov 3, 2019

Is it actually possible to kill a mushroom?

I had taken a tank down that had some (OK, a million) blueberry mushrooms. Transferred all of the corals properly, but there were a few pieces of leftover rock that I threw into a bucket dry and put in my vehicle. Kind of forgot about it, but when the vehicle started to smell like the bad part of the ocean after a couple of days, I remembered all that rock back there.

Digging through it, I found a couple of rocks that had a few mushrooms on them. By then, they just looked like half-dried snot on the rocks. Put the rock into a system, and the next day, the mushrooms were wide open like nothing had happened.

Gusto · Nov 3, 2019

Wow, thank you, gives me hope mine will survive..

Hemmdog · Nov 3, 2019

Gregg @ ADP said:
Is it actually possible to kill a mushroom?

I had taken a tank down that had some (OK, a million) blueberry mushrooms. Transferred all of the corals properly, but there were a few pieces of leftover rock that I threw into a bucket dry and put in my vehicle. Kind of forgot about it, but when the vehicle started to smell like the bad part of the ocean after a couple of days, I remembered all that rock back there.

Digging through it, I found a couple of rocks that had a few mushrooms on them. By then, they just looked like half-dried snot on the rocks. Put the rock into a system, and the next day, the mushrooms were wide open like nothing had happened.

I’ve never been able to kill one. They are resilient little guys.

AllSignsPointToFish · Nov 3, 2019

Gregg @ ADP said:
Is it actually possible to kill a mushroom?

I had taken a tank down that had some (OK, a million) blueberry mushrooms. Transferred all of the corals properly, but there were a few pieces of leftover rock that I threw into a bucket dry and put in my vehicle. Kind of forgot about it, but when the vehicle started to smell like the bad part of the ocean after a couple of days, I remembered all that rock back there.

Digging through it, I found a couple of rocks that had a few mushrooms on them. By then, they just looked like half-dried snot on the rocks. Put the rock into a system, and the next day, the mushrooms were wide open like nothing had happened.

I've actually killed them....at least the ones I've detached. If they leave any little specks of flesh, those will regenerate into new shrooms.

bacc2bacc · Nov 3, 2019

I just acquired a rock of forest fire recently and fragged them up. They are very hardy and will survive just about anything lol. I cut some through the mouth and others around the skirt. All frags are doing fine. Just make sure not to blast them with too much light and flow and they should recover well.

Jake_the_reefer · Nov 3, 2019

Just adding real quick. I had a bounce mushroom that went from 4 inches to less than a quarter of an inch it was pretty much dead with brown jelly covering it and it stunk to high heaven. I just rinsed it in iodine dip tossed it in a low flow zone and it has recovered greatly!

bacc2bacc · Nov 3, 2019

Jake_the_reefer said:
Just adding real quick. I had a bounce mushroom that went from 4 inches to less than a quarter of an inch it was pretty much dead with brown jelly covering it and it stunk to high heaven. I just rinsed it in iodine dip tossed it in a low flow zone and it has recovered greatly!

Lugols? I’ve been looking into an iodine dip for my mushrooms/softies

Gusto · Nov 3, 2019

bacc2bacc said:
I just acquired a rock of forest fire recently and fragged them up. They are very hardy and will survive just about anything lol. I cut some through the mouth and others around the skirt. All frags are doing fine. Just make sure not to blast them with too much light and flow and they should recover well.

Thank you.. they are a great looking mushroom, can't wait to see them when they are larger.. I'll make sure they are in a low flow area and as for lighting I just put a new AI Prime HD on the tank yesterday and it's in acclimation mode so the light won't be full strength until about 6 weeks so I hope that will help it heal..

Thanks Everyone!!