First mushroom - tips?

[Lylelovett]

Hi all,

So I have an orange mushroom. Nothing fancy, just a $10 frag, the thing is between the size of a nickel and a quarter... I've had it for over a month - it's not growing and it's not shrinking... it just seems to "be".

The tank is a 5x2x2. The mushroom is placed near the bottom... 18" down... low flow area.

(other corals in the tank are doing well)

Any tips on where it might do better? I figured I'd just move it up a bit into more light and to a little more flow... see what happens?

Thanks for your expertise!

 

[tsav87]

Shrooms are weird. They will detach themselves from the rock and float somewhere that they like better if they don't like your placement.

 

[Leslie Tabor]

Don't do more flow lol it will float off. They do better in less-clean water since they filter water. You could always dirty things up a bit! I had to do that for zoas/palys too.