height of toadstool

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  1. divedeep1689

    divedeep1689 Plankton

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    Hey guys is 1 to 2 inches away from water surface then about four tosix inches from light to high in tank for toadstool?
     
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  2. phoenixhieghts

    phoenixhieghts Panda Puffer

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    i doubt it - they are very adaptable
     
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  3. tangopa

    tangopa Bristle Worm

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    My toadstool sits very high in my tank and it seems to love it...it's enormous!
     
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  4. pgreef

    pgreef Fire Goby

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    They can tolerate high light if you do it slowly. An abrupt change can cause some skin burns. I would start it lower in the tank and raise it slowly.
     
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  5. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    ive had mine at the top and now on the bottom , its thrived either spot.
     
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  6. tangopa

    tangopa Bristle Worm

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    Not to hijack the thread...but, I have a related toadstool question...mine is high in the tank and growing like mad, but its base is on a small rock, that I suspect it would like to grow off of, or expand onto other rocks, but I have it wedged in (the rock) near the top of my tank so it kinda sits by itself, so the toadstool is essentially growing off of a pedastel (the small fist-sized rock being the pedastel). Should I try to nestle the rock in somewhere so that the base of the toadstool can grow off of it, or just let nature run its course?

    I guess my question boils down to this: Do toadstools need to be given room to allow their bases to grow in circumference and diameter?
     
    tangopa, Sep 9, 2009
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