kimberbee Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I had been planning to start up a mostly mushroom or mushroom only tank in a 5 or 10 gallon tank. However, after rearranging some things in my current tank, my mushrooms are incredibly happy and have blown up in size - the biggest being about 3 inches across! Does this happen with most mushrooms? Only certain mushrooms? Do I need to rethink my choice in such a small tank? Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Low flow or low light make mine poof up. Maybe one of those changed? Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Low flow or low light make mine poof up. Maybe one of those changed? They poofed up after I moved some rocks and I think this gave them better flow. I'm really happy they are happy!! I'm just not sure now if a 5 or 10 gallon would be good as a mushroom only tank. I want my corals to be happy and wouldn't want to stunt their growth on purpose just for the sake of fitting more and different varieties in a small tank. Are there types of mushrooms that stay small? Or maybe a ricordea only would be better for something of this size? Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 They poofed up after I moved some rocks and I think this gave them better flow. I'm really happy they are happy!! I'm just not sure now if a 5 or 10 gallon would be good as a mushroom only tank. I want my corals to be happy and wouldn't want to stunt their growth on purpose just for the sake of fitting more and different varieties in a small tank. Are there types of mushrooms that stay small? Or maybe a ricordea only would be better for something of this size? I think a mushroom tank would be cool. There are only a billion colors and varietys. I wouldn't worry about them being unhappy, if they don't like a spot, they just move to a new one. Low light and low to moderate flow throughout the tank would probably keep everyone happy. Mushrooms, ricordia, hairy mushrooms, rhodactis mushroom, st homas mushrooms are some off the top of my head. Rhodactis probably come in the most impressive color patterns. I have a few rhicordia's in the middle of rhodactis patch and everyone seems happy so you could probably mix and match. Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I think a mushroom tank would be cool. There are only a billion colors and varietys. I wouldn't worry about them being unhappy, if they don't like a spot, they just move to a new one. Low light and low to moderate flow throughout the tank would probably keep everyone happy. Mushrooms, ricordia, hairy mushrooms, rhodactis mushroom, st homas mushrooms are some off the top of my head. Rhodactis probably come in the most impressive color patterns. I have a few rhicordia's in the middle of rhodactis patch and everyone seems happy so you could probably mix and match. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheRope Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 I always said to myself, if my current mixed reef jar fails, i will salvage my xenia and mushrooms, and star a mushroom only tank with xenia on the back wall XD ( it would make my life much simpler. Quote Link to comment
jambon Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I think that would be way cool in. A 5 or 10 gallon tank. Florida ricordia are nice and stay small. So many to choose from! I would get the most colorful ones I could afford. Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Wow, talk about a zombie thread! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 4 hours ago, WV Reefer said: Wow, talk about a zombie thread! Right?!? I saw it in my notifications and was like, "wtf thread is this...?!?" lol... oh yeah... it's mine from when I was a wee noob... 1 Quote Link to comment
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