FredTheCat
New member
OK, a couple of fresh new questions for those who care to play along! 
1) My green-striped mushrooms seem to be getting more and more flacid in the "new" tank. Everything else seems fine, water tests show everything normal so I'm wondering if the issue is the lighting. The Eclipse 6 they started out here in had a yellowish fluorescent while the AquaPod 24 has 1x32w SunPaq Dual Daylight & 1x32w SunPaq Dual Actinic plus 2 Nocturnal
Blue leds. My LFS says that I should be running the actinic and the daylight together but I'm wondering if that isn't just too much light for the shrooms. I'm especially confused because some things I read online imply that mushrooms are best under low light while others seem to advise placing them near the top of the tank so as to get as much light as possible. They also seem to say that it's nearly impossible to "kill" them but they sure don't look right. For what it's worth, mine are in the bottom quarter of the tank and I do run my lights most of the day. Any ideas?
2) I also seem to find conflicting information about the sponge filter at the back of the AquaPod24...some folks say rip it out immediately and replace with live rubble, some say use it but wash it out frequently, and some say leave it alone. What say all of you? I did remove the bioballs because those seem universally loathed...
Thanks for any input!
-FredTheCat

1) My green-striped mushrooms seem to be getting more and more flacid in the "new" tank. Everything else seems fine, water tests show everything normal so I'm wondering if the issue is the lighting. The Eclipse 6 they started out here in had a yellowish fluorescent while the AquaPod 24 has 1x32w SunPaq Dual Daylight & 1x32w SunPaq Dual Actinic plus 2 Nocturnal
Blue leds. My LFS says that I should be running the actinic and the daylight together but I'm wondering if that isn't just too much light for the shrooms. I'm especially confused because some things I read online imply that mushrooms are best under low light while others seem to advise placing them near the top of the tank so as to get as much light as possible. They also seem to say that it's nearly impossible to "kill" them but they sure don't look right. For what it's worth, mine are in the bottom quarter of the tank and I do run my lights most of the day. Any ideas?
2) I also seem to find conflicting information about the sponge filter at the back of the AquaPod24...some folks say rip it out immediately and replace with live rubble, some say use it but wash it out frequently, and some say leave it alone. What say all of you? I did remove the bioballs because those seem universally loathed...
Thanks for any input!
-FredTheCat