Bad idea to add mushrooms now?

[JackDE]

My last fish additions were
May 5th - a goby
May 31st- Urchin
May 26th- 3 small frags
A few days after my last coral addition I experienced a bacteria bloom that started out like diatoms but then started to look like dinos. The algae problem has subsided greatly so it is very minimal now.

I want to buy 2 mushroom frags should I wait or can I add them now?
ph-8.4
Nitrate-5
Alkalinity-7
Phosphate- As close to 0 as my API test shows
Magnesium-1400
Calcium-(360)

 

[CodyRVA]

You should be fine. I would get some inexpensive ones to start out. What other frags did you add?

 

[Tautog]

Add them, I have babies on the way

 

[JackDE]

I added chalice and favia. When I got these frags I wanted a certain mushroom I saw online but it has sold already, this time I will stick with the mushroom.

 

[JackDE]

My tank is also new, only been setup since Jan.

 

[Blitzie]

Personally I will never add mushrooms
I added some to my tank two years ago and they eventually took over everything and ultimately killed everything. I am in the process or restarting it.

Do some web searches about mushrooms taking over and you will get the idea

 

[CodyRVA]

Personally I will never add mushrooms
I added some to my tank two years ago and they eventually took over everything and ultimately killed everything. I am in the process or restarting it.

Do some web searches about mushrooms taking over and you will get the idea

Life's a garden brother, dig it, make it work for ya! I had the same trouble with my xenia, but i isolated it, was quick to remove any spreading, same with my mushrooms and I'm more than happy with them all.

 

[JackDE]

Agreed. People don't like to add Kenya Tree either. They want to take over my tank but I don't mind going in once a week and pulling the babies. I will probably only add one more coral after I add the mushroom.