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BigAl07 · 06-13-2007, 08:31 AM

I have been lucky enough to acquire a couple of very pretty and colorful mushrooms in my 10g tank at home. I have heard at LFS of people merely cutting a healthy one into 4 "Pie" pieces and then letting them regrow into four new whole mushrooms. I am VERY hesitant to go and start cutting these lil guys into pieces without getting some first hand experience in doing so. My problem is the tank is rather small and the rock that I have is already epoxied into place so I can't take rock out and work with it without messing up the whole tank. I would like to be able to get some LR rubble and maybe use the "wedding veil" material approach which I have read somewhere. My worries are is this safe to introduce wedding veil material into my tank? Are there not dies and chemicals that could leech out into the water?

Has anyone personally done this?

How long does it take for them to "regrow" into a whole shroom again?

Any special precautions? I would simply use an exacto knife to cut them directly through the center section right?

Allen

06-13-2007, 08:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
BigAl07 Reef Addict (hopeless) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 10,619 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Shrooms ok to cut? I have been lucky enough to acquire a couple of very pretty and colorful mushrooms in my 10g tank at home. I have heard at LFS of people merely cutting a healthy one into 4 "Pie" pieces and then letting them regrow into four new whole mushrooms. I am VERY hesitant to go and start cutting these lil guys into pieces without getting some first hand experience in doing so. My problem is the tank is rather small and the rock that I have is already epoxied into place so I can't take rock out and work with it without messing up the whole tank. I would like to be able to get some LR rubble and maybe use the "wedding veil" material approach which I have read somewhere. My worries are is this safe to introduce wedding veil material into my tank? Are there not dies and chemicals that could leech out into the water? Has anyone personally done this? How long does it take for them to "regrow" into a whole shroom again? Any special precautions? I would simply use an exacto knife to cut them directly through the center section right? Allen __________________ Allen Allen's testimonial . . ."Let Me help you help YOURSELF" (Click Here) with a SW set up there is one basic fundamental rule that we ALL should follow *When in doubt... wait it out. This means take it slow and let the tank "develop" and don't rush it. Time is your friend Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef Reef Balls & Cakes Debt Free & Change your Family Tree!!