Ricordea mushrooms growing very fast

• Jul 26, 2009

• #1

simplystephanie

Reefing newb

I set up my 8 gallon biocube yesterday and the mushrooms that were already established on the live rock are taking off REALLY fast....

will they overcrowd my tank?
should I trim them back?
or just not worry too much since they are beautiful?

 

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• Jul 26, 2009

• #2

daugherty

part time reefer

just let them grow and when you get a bunch cut them off the rock and glue them to a frag plugs and sell them bach to the lfs for credit

 

• Jul 26, 2009

• #3

simplystephanie

Reefing newb

daugherty said:

just let them grow and when you get a bunch cut them off the rock and glue them to a frag plugs and sell them bach to the lfs for credit

Click to expand...

What are frag plugs?

 

• Jul 26, 2009

• #4

daugherty

part time reefer

Large Coral Frag Plugs 20pc Bulk Reef Supply

 

• Jul 26, 2009

• #5

dcantucson

Reef pro

Get a frag kit from Nathan.
Custom Marine Creations - Aquarium Supplies For Less

 

• Jul 26, 2009

• #6

yote

In Memoriam

Those are some good looking mushrooms. And +1 for David.

 

• Sep 6, 2012

• #7

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SantannaHawkins

Reefing newb

How much do they sell for?

 

• Sep 7, 2012

• #8

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AdamC

Reefing newb

look it up on a saltwater selling site. They all go for different prices depending on polyps

 

• Sep 7, 2012

• #9

d2mini

Reef enthusiast

Usually around $10 per ric.

 

• Sep 7, 2012

• #10

beeguiles

they call me fish geek ;p

Let em grow!

 

• Sep 7, 2012

• #11

mach1ray

Reefing newb

I'm with Bees, let them grow!

 

• Sep 9, 2012

• #12

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cvcdrk

Reefing newb

Yeah I say let them grow.

That must have been some really nice rock you got!

Once your cycle kicks in its likely they will suffer somewhat and probably not look like that....but rics are really hardy so I'm sure they will be fine.

 

• Sep 15, 2012

• #13

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src

Reefing newb

In that size of tank. They could be a little much. BUT the great news is they trade well. So I don't think you will ever have an issue

SRC