Hairy Mushroom - too prolific?

[DiaTom]

I'm considering a neon green hairy mushroom for my new mushroom tank. Are they too prolific? Will they spread too fast and cause issues for the other mushrooms?

 

[PicassoClown04]

I'm considering a neon green hairy mushroom for my new mushroom tank. Are they too prolific? Will they spread too fast and cause issues for the other mushrooms?

Keeping them on a separate rock or pieces will probably be your best bet for keeping them under control. I bought 1 several months ago and still have 1 despite my Ironman, Superman, blue, Rhodactis, and a few other discosoma shrooms dropping plenty of babies. I don’t know if it’s my water or what but I can’t seem to get more of them!

 

[ImGoingCoastal]

I have a few in my tank, I love them. They don't grow quickly. I'd say, like with most mushrooms, isolate them to a rock you can remove. I've seen too many people trying to get rid of some common mushrooms because they spread everywhere. Sidenote, mushrooms tend to be difficult to eliminate once established, in case you didn't know that already.

 

[DiaTom]

Keeping them on a separate rock or pieces will probably be your best bet for keeping them under control. I bought 1 several months ago and still have 1 despite my Ironman, Superman, blue, Rhodactis, and a few other discosoma shrooms dropping plenty of babies. I don’t know if it’s my water or what but I can’t seem to get more of them!

That's interesting. I have some other cool mushrooms and would hate to have them stifled. Where did you place it in your tank? Lighting? Flow? Thanks.

 

[PicassoClown04]

That's interesting. I have some other cool mushrooms and would hate to have them stifled. Where did you place it in your tank? Lighting? Flow? Thanks.

Bottom of the tank, low flow. Same as my other mushies. Under AI Prime HD on a pretty intense lighting cycle but the other shrooms do great and this one is always very open and happy looking, just refuses to drop babies. It has gotten much bigger since I got it though!

 

[DiaTom]

I have a few in my tank, I love them. They don't grow quickly. I'd say, like with most mushrooms, isolate them to a rock you can remove. I've seen too many people trying to get rid of some common mushrooms because they spread everywhere. Sidenote, mushrooms tend to be difficult to eliminate once established, in case you didn't know that already.

The whole tank is mushrooms and nems with no isolated rocks. So I'm all in if I go for it. Maybe I'll wait on this one so my other mushrooms don't get out-competed for space. Thanks.

 

[PicassoClown04]

The whole tank is mushrooms and nems with no isolated rocks. So I'm all in if I go for it. Maybe I'll wait on this one so my other mushrooms don't get out-competed for space. Thanks.

Just place them on some rubble. This way you can remove them as needed and they’re already on the perfect frag plug to be resold so you don’t have to deal with getting loose shrooms to attach. I love this method and use it often with my shrooms and xenia

 

[LRT]

After tons of research and finding same results in my own system.
You can keep same species close and will even grow together without issues.
If you can segregate, and/or move other species around in system, keeping distance, minimum a few inches to own spot. They will still prosper.

 

[ImGoingCoastal]

My shrooms have gotten larger more so than they have spread. I think I started with 1 a year and a half ago and now have 6? Ime they don't spread fast and are awesome! My clowns are hosting in them.

 

[Mike from TN]

This one split within a month of getting it. They are some of my favorite corals in my tank. I bought 2 on frag plugs at the same time. The other hasn’t split yet but they both have gotten huge.

 

[DiaTom]

How much light and flow are you all keeping yours in?

 

[Mike from TN]

How much light and flow are you all keeping yours in?

Mine are in medium flow and about 6” below the water line. Mostly under blues. I only run my white lights for 2 1/2 hrs a day. It’s a small tank ( Evo 13.5 ) with a Hyper Reef 30w suspended 8” above the waterline. Lights start to ramp up at 5:00am and ramp down at 8:00pm

 

[DiaTom]

I picked up a frag with 3 neon green hairy mushrooms today. I'll update on how they do.

 

[jeffchapok]

They spread.

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Today

 

[DiaTom]

They spread.

810/19

Today

Are they playing nice with your other mushrooms?

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

It took four years for me to get my 4 hairy mushrooms to become +12...I think once I gave them plenty of flow they took off...

 

[Sebastiancrab]

This one split within a month of getting it. They are some of my favorite corals in my tank. I bought 2 on frag plugs at the same time. The other hasn’t split yet but they both have gotten huge.

What is the name of this one?

 

[Mike from TN]

What is the name of this one?

Not sure Elaine. I got them at The Aquatic Critter about a month or so ago. They had them in one of the main coral tanks just listed as “Hairy Mushroom”

 

[jeffchapok]

Are they playing nice with your other mushrooms?

Yes, but not with a favia I had to move.

 

[Reeferbadness]

these can become real pests as they can easily spread in your tank and they are quite invasive and don't play well with other corals. I'd highly recommend not adding these to your tank - i'm about to eradicate mine this weekend - which will take hours and lots of new live rock to do it.