What a Fine Specimen.

Discussion in 'Soft Corals' started by Stingray, May 9, 2008.

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  1. aquaboy

    aquaboy Panda Puffer

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    Yep. My brown marbled does it all the time ;) Nice shrooms!
     
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  3. Stingray

    Stingray Blue Ringed Angel

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    Not sure what kind they are, i am thinking green striped mushrooms or even more so i think they are watermelon mushrooms?
     
  4. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Cool new stuff. One of my first corals also. That's a button polyp you got with them. Keep an eye on it, they will spread quite readily also. Cool stuff.
     
  5. baugherb

    baugherb Giant Squid

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  6. Stingray

    Stingray Blue Ringed Angel

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    Is it normal for the mushrooms to start closing up even when the lights are still on is this because they have had enough light for the day, they are getting bigger every day but they shrink small through the night and get large through the day?
     
  7. Iraf

    Iraf Snowflake Eel

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    yeah i got some button polyps as freebies on a piece of rock in my 58g now their all over the place, there is new ones popping up all of the time all over the rock on differnet parts of the tank, how it gets around like that I dont know but it's pretty cool

    great looking shrooms to btw
     
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  9. Stingray

    Stingray Blue Ringed Angel

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    Updated pic on how my mushroom coral is looking, over the past weeks...

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  10. deepbluesea

    deepbluesea Astrea Snail

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    most corals will look a little wilted when the lights are just fired up takes about 20 min to an hour to get them fully open so they can start photosynthisising.nice piece looks like the polyp is a pallythoahif you chip it off and mount it to the rock in no time you will have a nicwe little colony.
     
  11. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Great score for sure. Thanks for sharing with us. Luna
     
  12. baugherb

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