Mushroom rapid growth by mistake

[mclofts]

Bought some mushroom frags and they have not changes one bit in a couple months.
About three weeks ago a single head (size of a dime) broke off and ended up under the live rock. I figured that was the end of that. Needless to say about a week ago I noticed it traveled maybe six inches from the bottom and is now the size of a silver dollar. The lost mushroom is now just reaching the light and looks super.
A week ago I took a second mushroom attached to a small rock and placed it about 1 inch inside a live rock crevice. This dime size mushroom is now the size of a quarter and is looking amazing. It did not change for a month before I moved it.
Is this just life will find a way? Do the mushrooms grow faster under less than optimal conditions so they can get to optimal conditions? Anyone else experience something similar?

 

[nano reefer]

maybe they just didnt like where they were in the first place. i had a zoa frag that wouldnt open. eventually a single polyp broke off the frag. about a week later i find the polyps blowing around the tank... OPEN!

 

[reefereric]

Mushies certainly don't REQUIRE the greatest water conditions, but I'd second Nano. Maybe they just weren't too happy where they were? I had some that were all about the size of a quarter, so I moved the rock and the next day they all opened to more than a silver dollar... I was amazed that they could be that much happier over night!
Keep getting them to split and sell me some!

 

[michaeltx]

different conditions in the tank will cause them to seem much larger or smaller because of how much fluid they pull in to themselves.
if you move a single head it will mutiply faster than the groupd though because there is much more space for it to spread into.
Mike

 

[cowfishrule]

whatever you are doing, keep doing it.