why don't mushrooms do well in my tank?
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organism
code monkey
I've gotta disagree with that one, I have a ULN tank with vodka dosing and my mushrooms look great. That myth came about because while most other corals do poorly in dirty water, mushrooms (and zoanthids) do well there, so people took that to mean that mushrooms like dirty water instead of what it actually means: mushrooms and zoanthids are just more adaptable than most other corals.
bobafet1
Active member
I don't have an Imperator. The one in my avatar was from years ago. I'll never buy one again. They don't belong in a fish tank, in my opinion (along with PB Tangs and other Angels).
If the white spectrum on my lights is the culprit will they bounce back if I dial them down?
If the white spectrum on my lights is the culprit will they bounce back if I dial them down?
kegogut
Active member
You can disagree if you like but from my experience I have to stand by my statement.
organism
code monkey
I find it so weird when people stand by things that are already proved wrong, check in the SPS forum and see how many people have ULN tracks with great looking rics and mushrooms. When we have experiences with things we tend to throw a correlation in there whether it's real or not, so it's important to be open minded about there being lots of other factors we didn't consider in order to prevent debunked hobby myths from spreading further. You owe it to both yourself and your fellow hobbyists to research this further than your own experience.
Wesus
New member
I have the same problem. After I moved mushrooms to my holding tank (with water from display tank) they looks better after two weeks. Only difference is flow and light
Jason S
New member
I agree with you on the Imperator... Good choice 
As far as why they do not do well in your tank, it could be anything. It could be placement in the tank, water parameters, spectrum, light intensity, flow, something nibbling them, chemical warfare, or something simply irritating them. What do you have near them? What are your parameters? Where are they in the tank?
I have had the best luck with polyp extension and growth with a more blue spectrum, ultra low nutrients, and nearly perfect parameters. When I am in doubt, I look to nature for the answer. In nature, what are the parameters of the water that they are typically found in, and where do they grow in relation to sunlight, current, etc? What are their natural enemies, and do I have them?
As far as why they do not do well in your tank, it could be anything. It could be placement in the tank, water parameters, spectrum, light intensity, flow, something nibbling them, chemical warfare, or something simply irritating them. What do you have near them? What are your parameters? Where are they in the tank?
I have had the best luck with polyp extension and growth with a more blue spectrum, ultra low nutrients, and nearly perfect parameters. When I am in doubt, I look to nature for the answer. In nature, what are the parameters of the water that they are typically found in, and where do they grow in relation to sunlight, current, etc? What are their natural enemies, and do I have them?
SaltyWalter
FUP&A Member
Are they in an area of med-high flow? Mushrooms in a dead zone I see replicate faster no matter what the nutrients. All left over food and fish poop settle out and feed them. I used to do maintinace on several tanks and thus was the case in all of them... It's just the replication of how they are found in nature.
If you're gonna move them into a lower flow area, You should also try a shadier area as well so they aren't blasted by your lights. That seem to have done the trick for me.
It took a few weeks before I noticed an improvement on my blue and red shrooms. But they were doing real well once I started spot feeding. I turned off any flow equipment (return, power head, filters, etc) for an hour while feeding.
I have a dexter shroom that was shrinking away, but once I did the above mentioned things, it's now tripled in size and doing great.
Mael
New member
agrred with the general rule of low flow and lower light, i have 1 exception in my tank and just think it is a random freak(purple/blue rhodactis at the top of the tank, but flow is still low)
all others definitely like the lower flow and medium light in my tank, rhods, discs, yuma/florida. I actually have most of them in the same "cove" infront of the rockwork.
Specifically for the OP, what do you mean when you say they dont thrive? Do they just stay small and shrivelled or melt away or detach?
all others definitely like the lower flow and medium light in my tank, rhods, discs, yuma/florida. I actually have most of them in the same "cove" infront of the rockwork.
Specifically for the OP, what do you mean when you say they dont thrive? Do they just stay small and shrivelled or melt away or detach?
