I recently purchased a Florida Ricordea frag that arrived with aptasia on the frag plug. The mushroom was half attached to a piece of rubble rock that was glued to the plug. As a precaution to not introduce any unwanted pests to my tank, I detached the part of the mushroom that was attached to the frag plug and threw away the plug.
Nonetheless the rubble rock with the mushroom is now epoxied to my rock scape, but the foot that was removed from the frag plug hasn’t reattached to the rock work. It is instead folded over and covering the mouth (eye) of the mushroom. It’s been this way for about 2 weeks. I’ve tried blasting a he mushroom with a Turkey baster, but it’s actually rather hard and doesn’t seem to want to unfold.
Is there anything I can do to encourage the mushroom to unfold itself?
Nonetheless the rubble rock with the mushroom is now epoxied to my rock scape, but the foot that was removed from the frag plug hasn’t reattached to the rock work. It is instead folded over and covering the mouth (eye) of the mushroom. It’s been this way for about 2 weeks. I’ve tried blasting a he mushroom with a Turkey baster, but it’s actually rather hard and doesn’t seem to want to unfold.
Is there anything I can do to encourage the mushroom to unfold itself?