Mushroom Coral wattage per gallon

[Ryan Heitzman]

Don't mean to be a pest since I've asked several questions today, but I was just wondering how much wattage for these super cool dudes.

 

[metweezer]

I have them on the bottom of my 29 gal tank with 130 watt pc's and they are doing fine. I don't think they like too much flow though.

 

[only_mnh]

I just set up a 30 gal with 21x2W T-5 fixture. I want to create a low light mushroom / ric tank. Should be an interesting project. I will post some pics as soon as its done cycling.

 

[DetectiveTofu]

To be honest, that entire watts per gallon rule is close to obsolete. Sort of like the one inch of fish per gallon of water rule IMO. It's a very broad way to find out how much light corals need. I think intensity, PAR, and coral placement is more important than watts per gallon.
But regarding the mushrooms, you should be fine keeping them under almost any light. They are very low light tolerant. Bear in mind however that if you get really colorful mushrooms that are used to a moderate to higher light environment, and place them under very weak lighting, they will most likely brown out. And when I saw almost any light, I mean any light - I've seen mushrooms kept in a 15 gallon tank w/ (2)9w PC's. For your 10 gallon tank, I'd recommend going for a 20" (1)28w PC fixture for mushrooms. HTH.