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Hello all,
New to mushrooms.
Need some help with green hairy mushrooms. I purchased a rock from localreef store. The rock has 6 hairy mushrooms and about a 50 cent size Zoa colony,and 6 or so small feathers. The Zoa's and the feathers seem to be doing fine andthe Zoa colony is growing, but the hairy mushroom are not expanding during theday. I started with them in the bottom of the 16gallon high tank and I havesince moved them up. I have them in a location that has medium to low watermovement. I have 6 T5 18watt bulbs on for 12 hours 2x12k, 3x420nm, 1x460nm. Ihave a SeaClone skimmer. Ammonia, nitrates and nitrites are 0. I do supplementswith Kent Coral-vite and I feed phyto feast as per the store owner that sold me the mushrooms. Should I be feeding the mushroomsdirectly? Is my lighting a problem in anyway? Should I have more 12ks?
I will add images when i can post them.
I did change out one of the 420s today with another 12k in the middle of writing this. All bulbs were replaced October 11 2012. I always write the date on the bulbs when I put it in.
The Coralline algae was introduced as dust from a rock that I crushed and added to the tank. It has grown well and even survived the 7 days with out power back in March of 2012. The live rock and the blue wrasse, and the pincushion urchin were my only survivors.
New to mushrooms.
Need some help with green hairy mushrooms. I purchased a rock from localreef store. The rock has 6 hairy mushrooms and about a 50 cent size Zoa colony,and 6 or so small feathers. The Zoa's and the feathers seem to be doing fine andthe Zoa colony is growing, but the hairy mushroom are not expanding during theday. I started with them in the bottom of the 16gallon high tank and I havesince moved them up. I have them in a location that has medium to low watermovement. I have 6 T5 18watt bulbs on for 12 hours 2x12k, 3x420nm, 1x460nm. Ihave a SeaClone skimmer. Ammonia, nitrates and nitrites are 0. I do supplementswith Kent Coral-vite and I feed phyto feast as per the store owner that sold me the mushrooms. Should I be feeding the mushroomsdirectly? Is my lighting a problem in anyway? Should I have more 12ks?
I will add images when i can post them.
I did change out one of the 420s today with another 12k in the middle of writing this. All bulbs were replaced October 11 2012. I always write the date on the bulbs when I put it in.
The Coralline algae was introduced as dust from a rock that I crushed and added to the tank. It has grown well and even survived the 7 days with out power back in March of 2012. The live rock and the blue wrasse, and the pincushion urchin were my only survivors.
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