Sometimes when they have been transported they shrivel, then they get in your tank and if they are happy may swell up considerably. Sounds like yours is happy. I have several kinds now, and as for growth rate, some seem to grow larger and larger, while others seem to level off at a moderate size then start to reproduce. The babies look like tiny versions of the adult, or the "parent mushroom" may move over and leave a little of itself, which just kind of looks like a blob that slowly turns into a shroom. Also the parent may split itself into two.