Is this okay?

[proud-Noob-aquarist]

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]

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]

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]

Will it survive the night like this though?

Sure. No worse than being shipped

 

[MERKEY]

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

 

[MERKEY]

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

 

[proud-Noob-aquarist]

Sure. No worse than being shipped

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

 

[proud-Noob-aquarist]

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]

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]

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.