promoting mushroom growth

[pakman]

I am wondering what has worked for people as far is promoting the growth of mushrooms.
Ive read that they need meaty foods, what does that mean?
also what suppliments promte growth,
note i do not have very powerful lighting

 

[cliffrouse11bas]

What type of lighting do you have on your system??

 

[pakman]

eclipse system with 2 15watt bulbs

 

[coral boy]

Mushrooms don't need a lot of light. I feed mine Krill, squid and silversides I now have 5-6 that are 5" round

 

[pakman]

so when placing them in a tank is it better to put them in a place away from direct light.

 

[coral boy]

With your lighting i would put them up high you don't have that much light,

 

[newfishliny]

Originally posted by coral boy
Mushrooms don't need a lot of light. I feed mine Krill, squid and silversides I now have 5-6 that are 5" round

how do you feed them , just add into tank or use a dropper
thanks
don LINY

 

[pakman]

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[salth2o]

I slice my mushrooms in half with a clean new razor. I keep cutting them all the time. I have a nice healthy colony of blue/green, green, red/red orange, & green metalic hair mushrooms.

 

[clamps]

u cut yours in half??i heard to cut the top off??...will both work?

 

[coral boy]

When i feed my mushrooms I hold the food over the top of them and they will close up around the the food it takes a little time for them to to close but they will

 

[broncofish]

How many watts per gallon do mushrooms actually need, I was always under the impressionof 2-3wpg?

 

[db]

In my opinion there is three key elements to having your mushrooms reproduce like crazy. Decent lighting, addition of phytoplankton to your tank, and the addition of iodide. Ever since I started dosing iodide my mushrooms reproduce like crazy.

 

[mlm]

I second that Iodine does make the split on their own. I had a colony of about 10 mushrooms and I started to add combisan which containes iodine to the tank and after 5 or 6 weeks the mushrooms had split and there was small ones starting to sprout up.

 

[entice59]

i tried ripping apart a mushroom... nothing yet.. i guess you do have to cut it a certain way, i just dont want to get rush on my scissors

 

[quazi]

everyt time I trim back my 'shrooms from my SPS, they re-generate and the "trash" makes new 'shrooms. I quit using iodine so they will calm down.
Beware, they can be come weeds

 

[c_bell]

Well you really do learn something new everyday. I did know you had to feed mushrooms, i have several in my tank

 

[eng50]

Quazi, I am in VA, Richmond, if you ever want to frag any of those shrooms, please let me know, Ill come get them!!! Don't throw them away!! Thanks..
Bill
804-339-2984

 

[dfishh]

how can u tell if shrooms r splitting, does it happen gradually, cuz i hav i guess a small colony, and theres one huge one, and around it i see extremely small ones, like 1 cm in diameter
soooooo any thoughts?
DAVE

 

[mlm]

The ones that I have kind of move their stalk along the rock and it leaves part of itself behind. This part grows into a new mushroom.