Questions and opinions needed on Mushrooms

[tferrante]

I just started a tank a couple of months ago and received some live rock from a friend (just pulled out of the tank into a cooler and directly into my brand new tank). A couple of the rocks were covered in mushrooms. I didn't know much about them, but they seem to be thriving in my tank on standard fluorescent lights (40 watt 18K bulb and two 16 watt blue acintics). I was planning on a FOWLR, but because the mushrooms have done well I am thinking about adding some different mushrooms. I really like the ricordias....do they require the same care and lighting as the purples, reds, and blues? Just thinking if the ones I have are doing well, then some added variety might look nice....here is a pic of my shrooms after about a week in the tank and they actually look better since then...thoughts?

 

[puffer32]

Rics require more lighting then reg. shrooms. I think you are better off with what you have, even those will probably get long necks reaching toward the light eventually.