Mushroom Propagation

[FragOutpost]

Welcome Capt Sean and thanks for the great tip!

[joey10sl]

Today im feeling brave and im planing to propaguate one of my mushrooms.The mushroom im going to do is kinda "stealing" the spotlight from my other 2 mushrooms next to it. Ill be sure to tell you how it goes!
Ill post a picture before i propagupate it, feel free to comment or point something out if im doing it wrong.

[joey10sl]

The mushroom....well didnt turn out tooo well. i barely got a pice of the mouth in on each of the 2 pieces... What are the chances they will survive?
Ill attach a pictur of the used tools and of the new somewhat halves.(the white sticks are holding the mushrooms to a branched live rock)The mushrooms are at the end of the stick andre are a light green, srry about the photo quality!

[Teeka01]

I have never seen them attached that way. Have you ever tried the bridel vail method?

[rj593]

The sticks will probably not hold them in place for very long. I think you will have much better success using some bridal veil, but please post your results.
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[joey10sl]

Funny you say that you dont think it will hold..... this moring...the frags are gone, probably drifted awayall the nerviousness of proagupating it ends kinda bad...ill be sure to try again soon.
I also have a question what is the best way to make a frag of xenia , or is a mushroom easier???

Thanks for the advice, and today i got some bride vail for my next attempt

Thanks!

[rj593]

Mushrooms tend to slime over quite a bit and will usually not stay in place while using the toothpick or rubberband method. I have only had success using veil or mesh or by using a very tall container with some rubble.

Here is an interesting thread about propagating xenia - http://www.fragoutpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19
be sure to watch the video.
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[fishgirl7]

Originally Posted by joey10sl

Funny you say that you dont think it will hold..... this moring...the frags are gone, probably drifted awayall the nerviousness of proagupating it ends kinda bad...ill be sure to try again soon.
I also have a question what is the best way to make a frag of xenia , or is a mushroom easier???

Thanks for the advice, and today i got some bride vail for my next attempt

Thanks!

put some small(<1inch)shells or coral rubble around the xenias base - it will creep onto the other rocks,then you can stretch it -i let the frag i want to make hang on its own weight -make sure it wont fall far though-then it will drop on its own with no tissue damage - this process takes about a week