fish eating mushroom? plse help!!!

[adamt]

i recently got a pair of true percs that are absolutely gorgeous. Theyre a great pair of fish and i dont wanna lose them. They are living in a giant mushroom, and im concerned it might try and eat them... are my concerns warranted or are they safe living in the mushroom?

 

[reefman]

safe
dont worry
be happy

 

[adamt]

cool i feel better i heard some antecdotal evidence of peoples fish being eaten under similiar circumstances and i really l;ike my percs and wouldnt wanna risk them for any coral esp a mushroom.

 

[adamt]

here they are

 

[Treef]

i'd be more worried about my fishes hurting the mushroom :sgrin: my clowns once tried to host this big ricordea i have and they can be ROUGH, they would bite off the little bulbs of flesh. had to move the rock it was on to the other side of the tank

 

[adamt]

elephant ears are pretty nasty from what ive read... he doesnt seem to mind the clowns, but i have seen him cup around them a few times and it gets me a little shook.

 

[adamt]

idk i had originally planned on a blue carpet for them, i might bring the mushroom back and grab a carpet, i would be really upset if anything happened to them. I set up the tank just for them and they are absolutely perfect, i get real upset if things die in my tank as a result of my ignorance or husbandry. lol i prolly take the idea of creatures lives being in my hands too seriously... last time i kept a reef tank i slacked off on it and flat worms took over cus i trusted some guy from a local reef club in albany and took some mushrooms from him w/o dipping, left the hobby for about 5 years after that cus i was so bummed out... kept discus and piranhas (in seperate tanks lol) but the time has come to get back on that sw horse and i wanna make sure i do it right.