Got a shroom...now what?

clown-lover

clown-lover

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Got lucky I guess and got a blue mushroom (have no idea what kind it really is...but it's blue and purpleish in color...)...on a piece of LR.
I figure taking care of it is pretty basic...light...good water conditions? I don't have fish yet...but will be getting one soon. Do I need to dose or add food to the tank for this little guy?
Here's a couple pics...sorry they aren't the best...didn't feel like finding the nice camera...

 
clown-lover

clown-lover

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Thanks meowzer.
Also...I posted my parameters in that other thread...but here they are again.
pH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 20
and salinity of: 1.021
The tank has been up and going for 4 weeks. Is it too soon to add fish? Just wanting to add a clown (or maybe if I get lucky and find a mated pair...then 2 clowns)
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Did you have an ammonia spike? How long have all the parameters been0? You should raise your salinity up to 1.025
ALSO....start with a few snails and see how they do first
 
clown-lover

clown-lover

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Also, forgot to mention. In that 4 weeks that it's been running, it only ran with a heater, a filter cartridge with carbon, rock, and a powerhead.
Just today I added live rock rubble to the back (it's a 29 biocube), a bag of chemi-pure, and a bag of purigen. As well as the one LR with the shroom.
 
fangelillo01

fangelillo01

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Just from my expierience in rushing things with my first saltwater I would wait longer, from your pics the coraline doesnt seem to be growing to freely yet and yes i would deff add snails, hermits and such FIRST before you add the fish. See how the mushroom does i ha a couple die on me a day or two after buying the rock and putting it into the tank because the water wasnt the greatest. I'm no pro by any means just trying to help
 
clown-lover

clown-lover

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Well...I didn't have a test kit before today. So I am Assuming that it had a spike.
5 days after I set it up and got it running with LR and SW, I added a dead shrimp for the spike to take place. I left it in there for 4 days. (Didn't mean to leave it that long but forgot that it was in there!) I took it out, and since then the tank has had three water changes.
So again...with the dead shrimp in there for that long...in a 29 gallon...I think it had it's spike already.
As for snails...I have had some small snails in there. As well as some worms. I see a snail every now and again...but they are really too small to keep track of.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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hmmmm....you know what they say about assuming LOL
IDK, If anything I would try a few LARGER snails so you can actually see them....now that you have your own test kit, test a few days after the additions, and then a couple days after that, if all levels stay at 0....maybe try a fish
I wouldn't buy an expensive one though....:(
I just hate to guess about your cycle
 
clown-lover

clown-lover

Member
Originally Posted by fangelillo01
http:///forum/post/3272200
Just from my expierience in rushing things with my first saltwater I would wait longer, from your pics the coraline doesnt seem to be growing to freely yet and yes i would deff add snails, hermits and such FIRST before you add the fish. See how the mushroom does i ha a couple die on me a day or two after buying the rock and putting it into the tank because the water wasnt the greatest. I'm no pro by any means just trying to help
Oh no. I don't want to rush things by any means. I wouldn't have gotten the rock (with the mushroom that I didn't know it had) if the LFS guy hadn't talked me into it. He told me that this rock had good growth of coraline, and if I added it to my tank with the 'stability' (I posted another thread on that stuff), I would have great coraline growth.
But I will get a CUC first. Does that include crabs and shrimp as well as snails? Or just snails?
Thanks again. Sorry for all the questions.
 
clown-lover

clown-lover

Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3272206
hmmmm....you know what they say about assuming LOL
IDK, If anything I would try a few LARGER snails so you can actually see them....now that you have your own test kit, test a few days after the additions, and then a couple days after that, if all levels stay at 0....maybe try a fish
I wouldn't buy an expensive one though....:(
I just hate to guess about your cycle
LOL! I know...I know..."makes an A** out of you!" lol!
Well, I figured that since I've read a few threads of the 'process'...I could just go through the motions. But you're right I should get a CUC before a fish. I was just forgetting about a CUC I guess cause I don't have anything for them to eat...
And no, I don't want to spend 20 plus on a fish just for it to die :(
 
spanko

spanko

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Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3272513
you may want to seek out Spanko he has much experience with shrooms

Don't have any mushroom, but I so seem to remember from time to time about these. It's like I flash back for a second and can see these in my hand, then it's gone again. Think I need help Joe?
 
florida joe

florida joe

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3272518
Don't have any mushroom, but I so seem to remember from time to time about these. It's like I flash back for a second and can see these in my hand, then it's gone again. Think I need help Joe?

no just crank up the jefferson star ship
 
spanko

spanko

Active Member
When men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving slow
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know
 
florida joe

florida joe

Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3272524
When men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving slow
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head
Feed your head
 
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