Long polyp toadstool question

piscesgirl · Aug 16, 2023

Hi, I bought a long polyp toadstool leather about 2 months ago and he’s a happy guy, opens daily and is growing nicely.
He came shipped to me, attached to a small life rock so I just stuck him on top of another rock where he’s been happily blowin in the wind. Should I remove him from that small piece of life rock? Or, just allow him to overgrow it himself? Don’t wanna hurt the little dude, since he’s doing well. But don’t know the normal protocol

Mr. Mojo Rising · Aug 16, 2023

I would say it deosn't matter. I'm not sure how you would get it off the rock, but it will eventually overgrow the rock. If you want you can slice it off and glue it where you want, but its up to you.

vetteguy53081 · Aug 16, 2023

piscesgirl said:
Hi, I bought a long polyp toadstool leather about 2 months ago and he’s a happy guy, opens daily and is growing nicely.
He came shipped to me, attached to a small life rock so I just stuck him on top of another rock where he’s been happily blowin in the wind. Should I remove him from that small piece of life rock? Or, just allow him to overgrow it himself? Don’t wanna hurt the little dude, since he’s doing well. But don’t know the normal protocol

Allow it to remain. They dont need a rock but rock provides a good platform.

piscesgirl · Aug 16, 2023

Thank you both! Much appreciated…

Nick711 · Aug 16, 2023

Perfectly fine on the rock, actually preferable imo over a frag plug.

My neon toadstool also came on a piece of LR. I superglued / epoxied it onto one of my other rocks and it now blends in w. that rock seamlessly

piscesgirl · Aug 16, 2023

Nick711 said:
Perfectly fine on the rock, actually preferable imo over a frag plug.

My neon toadstool also came on a piece of LR. I superglued / epoxied it onto one of my other rocks and it now blends in w. that rock seamlessly

I love that! After starting over due to a Oenone Fulgida plague, I decided to anchor a lot of my frags that were doing well. The plugs are just ugly imo lol But a couple did come on rocks. One was a zoa colony and the other was the toadstool. I will leave them both.