Whats wrong with my mushrooms?

[Firestarter]

I've noticed that some of my mushrooms are folded inwards. Why do they do this? Its been a few months now but everything seems fine. Why do they fold instead of expanding bigger? Is this due to too much light?

[ambystoma82]

normally if too much light corals will bleach

but then mushroom can take alot of sunlight generally

nice rare pc u got there... =)

r they always folded inwards ? since u buy them?

mayb u shld place it in a sandbed area or rockscape..

else e rock always been move by bottom dwellers,even little small snail can move them..

[Firestarter]

normally if too much light corals will bleach

but then mushroom can take alot of sunlight generally

nice rare pc u got there... =)

r they always folded inwards ? since u buy them?

mayb u shld place it in a sandbed area or rockscape..

else e rock always been move by bottom dwellers,even little small snail can move them..

They have been like this since I fragged them. Some of them drifted from the rock and attached themselves at the tank bottom. Some of my mushrooms on the LR are also folded inwards. Is this something I should worry about? They seem to be doing well after so long.

[Firestarter]

Tank Specs

Tank Size: 2x1.2x1ft (Standard 2ft tank with IOS)

Sump: N/A

Equipment: Seio M820, DIY 12V PC Fan

Lighting: 2x36wPL (10 hrs daylight)

Filtration: Algae scrubber

Water Parameters

Temp: 26-28'C

NH4: 0

N02: N/A

N03: 25mg/l <---- could this be the cause?

P04: N/A

PH: 8.0 <---- do I need to raise this to 8.3?

Salinity: 1.024

Livestock

2x chromis

1x false percula clown

1x yellow clown goby

2x fire goby

1x turbo snail

1x cleaner shrimp

1x strawberry crab

Corals

? x mushrooms

2 x hammer

1x green star polyps

Additional info

Tank loses 1.5L water a day. Topped up with tapwater + water conditioner and placed on drip

Barebottom tank

Tank running since 1 Jan 2009

[boxerz]

Tank Specs

Tank Size: 2x1.2x1ft (Standard 2ft tank with IOS)

Sump: N/A

Equipment: Seio M820, DIY 12V PC Fan

Lighting: 2x36wPL (10 hrs daylight)

Filtration: Algae scrubber

Water Parameters

Temp: 26-28'C

NH4: 0

N02: N/A

N03: 25mg/l <---- could this be the cause?

P04: N/A

PH: 8.0 <---- do I need to raise this to 8.3?

Salinity: 1.024

Livestock

2x chromis

1x false percula clown

1x yellow clown goby

2x fire goby

1x turbo snail

1x cleaner shrimp

1x strawberry crab

Corals

? x mushrooms

2 x hammer

1x green star polyps

Additional info

Tank loses 1.5L water a day. Topped up with tapwater + water conditioner and placed on drip

Barebottom tank

Tank running since 1 Jan 2009

Ca, alk and ph are also important factors even though they are soft corals.

[yikai]

i notice my bigger mushrooms doing this when i frag them too. the base rock they are attatched to are the same size as their base. my guess is they are doing this to prevent floating away. from what i see, these are big mushrooms. when they expand, the surface area will enlarge very big and will make them float away , much like an umbrella in the wind because of the small and thin base. when i glued them to bigger, more stable rocks, they expanded normally already. perhaps its a weird theory, but it worked for me

[Firestarter]

Most of the mushrooms are attached to the tank bottom, since I my tank is a BB tank.

I'm getting really fed up with my mushrooms, I've seen how most of you guys can just make them grow like crazy without doing anything, but I cant

get such results even though I tried many various ways to get them to expand.

One question though, do you think its my lights? I noticed that their base is extended, is it due to lack of lighting? Using 2x36WPL for 2ft tank, I think its enough though. Any ideas?

[yikai]

should be enough. maybe put them higher up.

even though mushrooms like moderate lighting, i blast mine under strong light and they grow like mad.

im using T5s and my shrooms are right at the top

[Firestarter]

I think its time to DIY myself a set of T5 lights. Just afraid they will bleach as my tank is only 1.2ft high.