how big can a mushroom get?

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  1. crustytheclown

    crustytheclown Eyelash Blennie

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    just wondering how big they can get. i have a ricordea and it is like five inches in diameter! Its in the middle of my tank and rocks right know and im wondering if i should move it to the sand bed, toward the back. Its kinda minimizing the room on the rocks cuz they sting. Its sprouting more heads to!
    Here is a pic of my tank
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    crustytheclown, Oct 20, 2009
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    crustytheclown Eyelash Blennie

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    i was thinking of moving the mushroom from where it is in the top, down to the sand bed in this picture by the heater?
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    Would this work out or should i leave him?
     
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  3. bioreefdude

    bioreefdude Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    where ever there is low flow and good light it will be fine i seen them get the size of dinner plates lol
     
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  4. crustytheclown

    crustytheclown Eyelash Blennie

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    really a dinner plate. damn hop not. i am rockin a 14g.
     
    crustytheclown, Oct 21, 2009
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  5. unclejed

    unclejed Whip-Lash Squid

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    My "rule of thumb" is; "if it isn't broken, don't fix it" or in the reef vernacular; "if it grows, let it go".
     
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  6. crustytheclown

    crustytheclown Eyelash Blennie

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    cool it looks like the kenya tree is droping some branches today. After being shriveled and looking bad for a couple days. Should i let it drop them or should i try to cut it down or pull it out?
     
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  7. browntrout

    browntrout Fire Shrimp

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    I don't think that is a ricordea. Looks more like hairy mushroom. Those get big. Elephant ear shrooms get the biggest.
     
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  8. psykokid

    psykokid Plankton

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    looks like a ricordea yuma..
     
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  9. bwalker9801

    bwalker9801 Zoanthid

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    I have an elephant ear in my 125 roughly 8 or 10 inches
     
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  10. bama

    bama Humpback Whale

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    nice mushroom.. thats on my to get list..
     
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