Feeding Mushrooms

wareagle

wareagle

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About 2 weeks ago I purchased some hairy mushrooms. Its a rock with about 7 mushrooms on it. I also have zoo polyps and colve polyps in my 30 gallon. I feed them photoplankton everyother day or so. I was reading somewhere about how its recogmended feeding them direclty with chopped meat. Is this recogmended or should i just stick to the photo. And another question. What is the red stringy stuff that comes out there mouths every once in a while? Thanks for advice.
My first post on this site. Got quite a few more i'm doing tonight.
 
viper_930

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Welcome to the board!
Mushrooms, zoos, and cloves cannot eat phytoplankton, it's way too small for them to even consume. It's not necessary to feed them as long as you have enough light, but the mushrooms would accept small pieces.
 
wareagle

wareagle

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If they cannot eat photo then why did my fish store sell me it saying thats whay they ate? Do you recogmend feeding them with a feeding stick? If so where can i get one of those and how often should i do it. thanks for the help.
 
viper_930

viper_930

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The LFS either was uneducated, or more likely just wanted your money.
I'd say just don't bother feeding them. The oral disk isn't sticky, so the food will get blown away by even the smallest of currents. And they'll survive on lighting.
 
vejomatic

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I feed my shrooms by hand. They take a small "chip" of frozen brine placed near thier mouth and soon after placement they'll begin to curl up around it and close in on it. I guess most corals feed this way? but I am a newbie so this is my only experience.
Hope this helps and welcome
EDIT: and YES the smallest bit of current will blow the bits right off of the shroom....unless!...unless your scooter blenny swins INTO the closing shroom, eats out of the shrooms mouth...and scares the crap outta you! :scared:
:happyfish
~mc
 
mudplayerx

mudplayerx

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I feed my shrooms every 3 days with small bits of seafood. It is a pain to do by hand, but it is worth it as the shrooms grow incredibly quickly when fed. I cut a piece of seafood about 1/20th the diameter of the shroom and place it onto the shroom. It takes about 30 seconds to 3 minutes for the shroom to curl up into a cup shape and eat the food.
If the current keeps blowing the food off of the shroom, you have to hold the food there until it curls around it... and that is why it is a pain in the arse (especially when you have like 20 shrooms).
 
palmer

palmer

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I've never fed any of the shroons in my tank, including the hairy greens that are growing like weeds. I have to thin those out every once in a while. I have noticed that when my regular fish food happens to fall into a hairy green it wraps itself up around whatever food it happens to get. But, in any case, for the folks I know personally that have tanks, they have never fed them. Oh yes, one more thing...
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE ROLL
 
keonia

keonia

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When I feed my Shrooms/zoos, those STARFISHES -- Mess up my display awe..
They try to grab food even though I spot feed them.. they are hoggy!
 
kdfrosty

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I will occasionally accidentally feed my shrooms cyclopeeze when other stuff I'm spotfeeding misses it and it drops to the shrooms. They seem to eat it up. While I don't intentionally spotfeed the shrooms, they grow rather large on their own.
 
keonia

keonia

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KDfrosty -- I was looking at a bottle of cyclopeeze at a store selling it for 13 is that reasonable? small little bottle..
 
kdfrosty

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I use the superfine freezedried version. It comes in a med sized can (a lil smaller than a soda can), and looks like orange/red powder. I mix it with tank water in a shot glass, suck it into an eye dropper and spot feed. It also comes in a 'deep frozen' cyclopeeze bar, which I have read numerous hobbyists use.
I think I paid about $8 for their smallest can at my LFS. At the rate I use the stuff it should last a LONG time. My shrooms and candy cane are the primary eaters, however my fish and shrimp will eat it as well.
I don't think it comes in a bottle. Is what you're talking about green and in liquid form? If so, that's phytoplankton and $13 is about average for a 7.5oz bottle at an LFS. It's used for filter feeders.
HTH
 
keonia

keonia

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KDFrosty,
I was actually looking for that frozen bar Cyclopeeze (40.00 + 20. - for shipping!!
) on that 2 doctors site. the green bottle -- DT's I bought for like 11.00 locally - new fish store :cheer:
The guy told me this is what I can feed my zoo's & SHROOMS!!
I was kinda skeptical about this 13.00 bottle, because this is another LFS 1 1/2 away
Do you know anything about Joe's ? -- It kills aptisias - you squirt it in an injector thing and squirt it at the base before it sneaks back into it's growth hole!! They used it at a LFS and it looked convincing - bought it for 8.00 !!
Thanks for answering these questions and sorry - didn't mean to hijack this thread..
I think I am not going to spot feed the shroom!!
 
kdfrosty

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Keonia-
You can get the frozen bar a bit cheaper than that online. I usually dont visit the doctors site because it tends to be a tad more expensive that what I can usually find by doing a google search.
I use the Phytoplankton to feed my filter feeders. I only use a SMALL amount once per week, and everything seems to be thriving. I'm just not sure that the Phyto has anything to do with it. I'm not going to stop using it though, because it's not causing any harm.
Joes Juice is a great way to kill aptasia. I haven't seen it any LFS, only online. Never seen it in action either. Everyone here mentions Joes when it comes to killing Aptasia though.
 
keonia

keonia

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I was convinced like - he demonstrated how the aptashia regressed back. He did say that a smaller one may grow back but all you have to do is squirt it again!
THanks KD for the info!!! :happyfish
 
inkman2004

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K,
You could use liquid calcium to inject the Aiptasia as well. You probably already have calcium or kalk around. I used Kent liquid calcium and injected it directly in its mouth and about 20 min. later it poped out of its little hole and fell to the sand bed. Hope this helps.
 
kdfrosty

kdfrosty

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I tried injecting calcium, and it didn't go too well for me. I prefer to use boiling water rather than any chemicals.
 
keonia

keonia

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THanks Inkman.
Oceana -- NICE pics of shroom eating silverside. -- Where can you get them at?
Since you are feeding it, Did you notice shroom getting bigger any faster?
what kind of shroom was it? -- really nice.
 
symon

symon

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By Meaty, if i take a piecs of frozen shrimp and turn off my power heads for a few mins, shrooms will eat it? Interesting :joy:
 
oceana

oceana

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not all shroom. i find that only the large Rhodactis (SP) will eat large meaty and yes i do find that they grow bigger and fast this way. if you get into the really large ones IE: elephant ears shrooms. they have been known to eat whole fish as well . this also goes for the LIVING fish in your tank.
 
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