Mushrooms!

Discussion in 'Soft Corals' started by Doratus, Jul 25, 2011.

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  1. Doratus

    Doratus Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Everyone loves pictures so here's all my shrooms. I'm feeling picturey today. :-[

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    (can you spot the bubble algae?)

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  2. Coastie Reefer

    Coastie Reefer Millepora

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    I'm a big fan of shrooms. I managed to get a "superman" shroom from my LFS this weekend for 5 bucks. I really want a blood red one too.

    Thanks for sharing.
     
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  3. Crimson Ghost

    Crimson Ghost Blue Ringed Angel

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    Nice pictures of your shrooms - thank you for sharing

    Yes, I can see the bubble algae in the sand with what appears to be a diatom bloom and maybe (?) some hair algae on the left side of picture #2 up the rock -- are you working on these items? Shrooms sure look happy, along with what appears to be a clown and cleaner shrimp .....
     
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  4. insanespain

    insanespain Ocellaris Clown

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    Awesome shrooms doratus. Were most of them bought as that size? Or did you grow them from frags?

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  5. Doratus

    Doratus Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Your welcome. Yeah my nitrates are a little high still (10ppm) and I only just recently got it down to that level. I'm not seeing any new diatom/cyano/hair algae growth so I think I'm on the right track. A solid CUC is in the mail from reefcleaners.org as we speak. I purchased an emerald crab for that spot of bubble algae but he obviously hasn't found it yet. The crab just never goes to that spot.

    Your right about the Clown and the Cleaner Shrimp. Any time I try to take a picture of anything they come in and try to block my shot.

    Thanks. None of the shrooms were anything larger than maybe the size of a dime when I got them, however they could have just been stressed out or something at the fish store. They have certainly multiplied though. The red colony was maybe 3 shrooms total, now there are like 6 just on the rock and probably another 5 that ended up in completely different parts of the tank. Same pretty much goes for the blues and greens.
     
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  6. insanespain

    insanespain Ocellaris Clown

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    In how much time? 4 months?

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  7. Doratus

    Doratus Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    About that, maybe a bit longer. The tank is only just over 9 months old, and the first mushroom came about 3 months into that. I'd say within the window of 4-6 months.
     
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  8. lynnmw1208

    lynnmw1208 Skunk Shrimp

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    very nice! I have yet to have any shrooms in my tank. I really like the blue ones!
     
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  9. Doratus

    Doratus Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Thanks! Mushrooms are probably the easiest corals to take care of, so I say go for it!
     
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  10. lynnmw1208

    lynnmw1208 Skunk Shrimp

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    I'm always afraid they will take over the tank or is that only the red ones?
     
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