Yet another mushroom...

[zurc]

those sort of tentacles really extends longer each passing day, especially when the lights are on....

and by the way, those white film thing hanging on the side are dead cells i suppose? and that I should remove it manually? right?

thanks in advance...

[Altantis]

Need to resiae your pix last time.

This is a leather coral not mushroom.

It will turns out to be like my attached pix.

[zurc]

wow! i sure do hope i can keep it alive long enough to become like that! thanks!

[zurc]

by the way, any tips on keeping this alive? i mean, i'm really new to this hobby... i just had my tank setup last week... and i just bought a live rock with this leather coral attached to it... the first night i had this coral, i thought i killed it... 'coz the next day i saw it, it was sort of torn apart... the bigger one was just dangling there... anyway i old myself i'd give it a few more days... and after a 4 days, it seems so alive... i was planning to put corals and alike at a later stage... i'm planning to get a chiller to keep the water temp cool for these creatures... speaking of chillers, do i need them???

[briareos]

I think leather corals are some of the toughest corals around.. I mashed some bits while propagating it and the polyps still keep coming out.

[Clownfish]

give it lots of flow...

[Elune]

this is one very good substitute (of anemone) to convince the clown fish to settle down on it... heh heh...

[Soul]

Pardon me for saying this but 1 week old setup best only put live rocks to start cycle and nothing else for another 2 weeks with constant monitoring of water paremeters. What u put in now may look well or bloom but chances of a 1 week old tank keeping stuff alive is very slim unless u had done a transfer of water and rocks from an old setup. Also u will likely see bits and pieces from the live rocks rotting or moulding. Dont panic its normal, it just means the cycle has started. They will respawn after a few weeks. All sorts of critters will appear om the tank.

Also get some prawns from the market and throw in to kickstart the bacteria cycle.

Get good water testkits as well for PH, calcium, nitrate to name a few. As for chiller if u using strong lighting then u will need to get 1 cos the heat from the light will cause the water to go above 30 degrees which will then cause problems for the LS u keeping. They need light to stay healthy and grow but not so much on heat. 28 degrees is the average temp to keep for the water.

Just my 2 cents, i had to learn it the hard way on my first setup due to impatience. Buy buy buy die die die lucky it was from soccer bets won lol.