huachinango Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Check out my hairy mushroom eating a piece of Silverside. They usually close when they eat, this one just decided to let me see what goes on behind the scenes. Left mushroom fully closed Link to comment
balla816 Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 awesome just a question. do u propogate hairy shrooms the same way as regular colored shrooms Link to comment
huachinango Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 Last one BURP!!! excuse me. Link to comment
huachinango Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 Balla816: I've never tried propagating a hairy mushroom. I don't think you could. Then again, i don't think mushrooms could eat Silversides. Link to comment
holyherbiness Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 That is quite a series of photos very impressive. Link to comment
Chyendra Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 for some reason, the way the fish was sideways and then got tilted up before it was swallowed reminds me of the Titanic..... Link to comment
huachinango Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 Just wanted to share my experience. I had never seen a hairy mushroom like this. for some reason, the way the fish was sideways and then got tilted up before it was swallowed reminds me of the Titanic..... Yeah, I thought the same... hahaha Link to comment
h2what Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 really though, starving Link to comment
Stingray Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I was at Huachinango's place when he took these pics. Amazing thing to watch in person. The Rhodactis is semi-transparent and you could see the insides of the digestive tract with the silverside in it. One thing to mention is that it took several minutes for the Rhodactis to maneuver the silverside into its mouth. His other fish were pulling the silverside out of the Rhodactis's mouth, so he had to chase away all the fish, during that slow eating process. That's probably why the mushrooms close up around the food; to keep any fish from pulling the food away. His other mushroom closed up around the silverside, and it took about 20 seconds to do that. I don't think that the Rhodactis could "catch" a fast fish. The fish would have to be sitting on top of the mushroom for a good 15-20 seconds while it closed up around it. Link to comment
AStarWithin Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 I tried feeding my rhodactis sp silversides... I couldn't get the silverside to "stick" to the shroom. Is there some trick to this?? Link to comment
MiniReefin Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Eat that biznatch! ! Link to comment
AStarWithin Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 I did it! Very coooooooool! :) Link to comment
AStarWithin Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 oh btw Balla816 - I propogated mine the same way as a regular mushroom - it turned out fine In fact the little bit of the mushroom that was left on the rock has already grown back since I cut it 3 months ago. Link to comment
huachinango Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Any pics? I haven't tried propagating the Rhodactis but I might end up doing it soon. Link to comment
AStarWithin Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 No, sorry - I was much too concerned about doing it but I will have to cut it back again soon (my biggest shroom is close to eight inches wide when normally extended) otherwises they dominate my tank. I will post pics next time Link to comment
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