Mushroom corals

[woonming]

Fireclown hope this is a clear picture for u to get a better view to tell the difference ..

The below is a Floridea Ricodea..

Notice the smooth mouth .. without pimples or bubbles tips..

[jOO]

what bout temp... 28C good?

[Fireclown]

Ooo... That silly digicam of mine just can't get a clear shot of it. I was lucky i could get a colony of them on a LR. When all are fully open, whoa swee!

[Fireclown]

Thanks Woon Ming and Onghm for that input.

[Fireclown]

Mushies can survive at any temp below 28C. Just make sure it's constant.

[jOO]

sorry.. another qns.. what bout lighting.. someone told me 8 hrs..

must the 8hrs be continuous? do the shrooms need to 'sleep'... got me worried again when the shrooms shrunk when i finally turned the lights off after leaving it on the whole nite...

thnx if anyone can tell me this... =)

[woonming]

sorry.. another qns.. what bout lighting.. someone told me 8 hrs..

must the 8hrs be continuous? do the shrooms need to 'sleep'... got me worried again when the shrooms shrunk when i finally turned the lights off after leaving it on the whole nite...

thnx if anyone can tell me this... =)

Joo i dont understand what u mean by this phrase " again when the shrooms shrunk when i finally turned the lights off after leaving it on the whole nite... "

But it all depends on the kind of lights u are using.

Yes all corals would require some time to rest , or sleep u can call it .

The timing for the lighting up period would be totally up to u ..

As for me my lights are turn on from 9am to 6pm daily using a timer.

Which i am using 3 x 39watts ATI T5 tubes ..

Leaving the lights turn on 24hrs would not promote more growth but just death to the corals ..

[jOO]

haha.. i see.. first time i got worried was when the shrooms spewed their guts out.. later they got better.. but i dunno how long they need the light so i left them on the whole nite and switch off only in the morning.. at noon i saw that the shrooms had shrunk.. so i turned on the lights again and they started to bloom again..

anyways i guess from now on i shall regulate the times to 8 hrs a day... thnx woonming..

[Fireclown]

Your LS will acustom themselves to your lighting schedule.

[woonming]

haha.. i see.. first time i got worried was when the shrooms spewed their guts out.. later they got better.. but i dunno how long they need the light so i left them on the whole nite and switch off only in the morning.. at noon i saw that the shrooms had shrunk.. so i turned on the lights again and they started to bloom again..

anyways i guess from now on i shall regulate the times to 8 hrs a day... thnx woonming..

Np Feel free to PM if u got anymore questions.

[jOO]

sure thing =)

mind if i ask if there is a mushroom thread with pics ard here.. juz wanna get an idea of how the various shrooms look like...

[jOO]

err.. btw.. is the ricodea another species of shrooms.. if so is it hardy and easy to keep like the normal hairy mushrooms too? i noe i can read this up in the internet but i would like to hear from u guys who haf experience getting and keeping them in singapore.. thnx

[SharkBait]

yes,it is a specie of shrooms.Most if not all shrooms are hardy and are quite easy to keep.

[jOO]

wow.. juz read thru all the other pages of this thread.. mushrooms alone are already so beautiful.. increadible.. the tank that Seahorse has is AMAZING... the one i got is like the one that woonming posted.. that says.. 'the pic is from nic'

[Reef23]

Hi.. I have a few mushroom on a piece of rock. But I find it strange that y some are healthy and some do not open fully. Is that normal?Do u face this problem b4

[woonming]

Hi.. I have a few mushroom on a piece of rock. But I find it strange that y some are healthy and some do not open fully. Is that normal?Do u face this problem b4

A picture would be much better

What u mean by healthy?

[jOO]

woon Ming ...see wat I found today at LCK again....really nice, seldom see such a piece...see the red in the centre?...........bull's eye?

hi when u say lck do u mean coralfarm? and btw, do coralfarm provide transport or is there a convinient way to get there?

deepblue.. does lck owez haf such nice specimens or were u juz damned lucky that time?

[DeepBlue]

The LCK 11* we normally talk about is different, its NEW TRIO...not Coral Farm. Though they are quite near each other if you drive. IF not, got to join other reefers who goes there frequently....

They do bring in a variety of mushroom corals....it depends on your sharp eyes to find the nice ones...and the water quality in your tank for it to bloom...

I do have my loses and sometimes, I do lose some really nice specimens to bleaching and brown slime..

[woonming]

hi when u say lck do u mean coralfarm? and btw, do coralfarm provide transport or is there a convinient way to get there?

deepblue.. does lck owez haf such nice specimens or were u juz damned lucky that time?

Dont walk in !!!

Itis about 2 to 3 km.... deep in

hehe

[jOO]

wow.. in that case hopefully there is a thread in here that organises such 'outings' to LCK.. otherwise that place seems a little in the middle of nowhere... =(

[Clownfish]

wow.. in that case hopefully there is a thread in here that organises such 'outings' to LCK.. otherwise that place seems a little in the middle of nowhere... =(

u can take bus 925 from woodlands interchange or kranji mrt....

on Sundays, the bus goes all the way to Sungei Buloh... that's where u alight n walk for ard 20~25 mins to get to LCK1**...

but i wld recommend u go there first by car so that u noe where u r walking...

[jOO]

thnx clownfish... ur avatar quite retro yea?

[Octopuffy]

They thrive on calcium, trace elements, stontium & iodine. They would appreciate occasional feeding of BBS too. Found tis info from www.liveaquaria.com

Cheers!

[woonming]

They thrive on calcium, trace elements, stontium & iodine. They would appreciate occasional feeding of BBS too. Found tis info from www.liveaquaria.com

Cheers!

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