Green hairy Mushroom dies when I remove from live rock

[Sprinting]

I feel silly posting this because I was always under the impression that green hairy mushroom are super hard to kill. I had a huge one about to split and I didn't want it on nearby rocks.

It was attached to tonga live rock so it's relatively easy to scrap off. After the got the whole thing removed I rinsed it a bit with tank water and then out it into the tank with some rubble rock. No dip or anything. After a few days the mushroom basically disintegrated.

Anyone have tips for how I can give the mushroom a better chance of survival?
Here's a pic of it in the cup a few hours after cutting.

 

[Oscar47f]

oh man, well first of sorry you’re having that issue... whenever I try and take a mushroom off a rock I always chip the rock and never cut or scrape the mushroom maybe I’m just too cautious lol

if I do Knick the flesh a bit I always iodine dip and put it in an easily accessible area so that I can keep dipping if necessary...while they heal I put them in a lower flow lower light area...

 

[N3mo]

if you tore the foot of the mushroom by scraping it then it can die. The areas where you tore the foot on the rock might grow into more mushrooms.

You need to chip the rock and remove it with the rock attached to the foot.

 

[Sprinting]

I guess I'll be more strategic about placing a small piece of rubble or something for the mushrooms to split into.

Thanks for the tips

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Another option, especially if using punky Rock is to use a sharp clean chisel to pair away a thin slice of rock under the foot. I fragged 30 ish mushrooms off of live rock and only had two melt on me after.

I did an iodine dip after on everyone.

 

[Sprinting]

Yah, I'm thinking that the lack of a tip really did it in.