Yuma Mushroom, Placement and Help

[Eyezik]

Recently I bought a Viperspectra light for my 20g long and after about a week of having the light in place, I bought a little Yuma Mushroom from my local fish store. I haven't had anything like this before and it is not attached to anything. It is so small that most of the time my PH blows it around if I set it someplace. Last night I tried to get it to hook to rock with the PH off but it did not. Right now I have him in the tank with the PH ON and he is setting right here where the current pushed him.

Should I just let it be and let it find a place on its own or should I like to take it out with a rock and try to give it some time to hook? Please let me know. I am a newb so I am very uneducated with coral and nems.

FULL TANK

 

[Saltyreef]

Hello :)
This appears to be a ricordea Florida mushroom.
As far as placement goes, you can get a water bottle, cut the bottom off about 3" above the botton. fill it with some small pieces of rubble rock and put the mushroom underneath in between the rocks, dont crush it just make sure its covered. It wont blow around in current and will eventually foot up on the rocks and work its way towards the light.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

It will attach and slowly move to some light or stretch. Place it low flow with some rubble rock if you can.
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[Eyezik]

It will attach and slowly move to some light or stretch. Place it low flow with some rubble rock if you can.
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I stuck it in a separate container with some rock. Would this be alright or should it be within the tank?

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

I would place it and the container in the tank...
D

 

[Eyezik]

Hello :)
This appears to be a ricordea Florida mushroom.
As far as placement goes, you can get a water bottle, cut the bottom off about 3" above the botton. fill it with some small pieces of rubble rock and put the mushroom underneath in between the rocks, dont crush it just make sure its covered. It wont blow around in current and will eventually foot up on the rocks and work its way towards the light.

Sounds good, right now I have him in a Tupper ware on top of my filter on a piece of dead coral rock. I will go into my fish store tomorrow to get some rubble rock and try this technique.

should I have it outside the tank or within the tank inside the bottom half of the water bottle?

Also thanks for identifying it, at my fish store they just had it floating in a container with a little flag that said 'Yuma Mushroom'.

 

[Eyezik]

He is under the rock, foot against it.

 

[nano reef]

Hello :)
This appears to be a ricordea Florida mushroom.
As far as placement goes, you can get a water bottle, cut the bottom off about 3" above the botton. fill it with some small pieces of rubble rock and put the mushroom underneath in between the rocks, dont crush it just make sure its covered. It wont blow around in current and will eventually foot up on the rocks and work its way towards the light.

WOW! Thats genius! I never though of that. I have a frag tank and dedicating 1/4 to shrooms and I would like to get them to attach to the rocks so they can spread and move around and make babies! I havt had luck with my shrooms making any. I did have a few split before but not lay babies and I am scared to leave my big ones in cages I think they are just smothering out the babies! I have a 5 inch yuma that has never had a baby that I know of. Its attached to about a inch or maybe 2 inch piece of rubble so maybe it has and has smothered them as well! My others are just on sand bed and probably doing the same thing! I do see some I believe under my candy crush and was just going to move her so she dosnt smother them! That one is in a cage though and some other small ones are in cages too!