Help- I got superglue on my Ricordea Mushroom, anything I can do?

[cdw79]

The title basically speaks for itself. I bought a small Ricordea mushroom today, between the size of a dime and nickel, but it came on possibly the smallest piece of rubble possible. It kept getting blown over and off the rock I had it on, so I tried gluing that rock down to my aquascape. In classic fashion, I did a messy job and got superglue on the mushroom as well. Now the upper side is maybe 20% covered with superglue, with a tiny bit touching the mouth. I'm anxious that I've just killed it, and I can't find much out there as far as anything I can do to help give it a chance. Any recommendations would be great, it's ruined my day at this point

 

[Lavey29]

Probably no way to clean it off now so hopefully the coral can use its own defensive mechanism to clean itself.

 

[MaxTremors]

It should slime it off and move itself away from it, should be fine.

 

[Mikedawg]

+1 I wouldn't worry about it; I'm also "ham handed" when it comes to gluing and mine have all survived.

 

[toxicshark]

Yep, I also agree with the above. Your mushroom will take care of itself.

 

[cdw79]

Thanks all! Glad to hear it, and lesson learned for the future!

 

[Turtleman87]

I literally just did the same thing. How is yours doing?

 

[vetteguy53081]

They will expel it on their own

 

[Nburg]

They’re pretty slimy so it should fall off quite rapidly. I’d be surprised if it’s actually sticking to it… might just be a piece of dry glue stuck in its slime at this point.