How to get bouncing mushrooms

[GHOSTLY]

So after looking at sbbs corals new mushroom thread I've decided I want to get mushrooms. I've had ricordeas and floridas but I eant to know more about the exotics like bounce mushrooms. The one question is I know mushrooms can bounce and bubble but what kind and how

 

[N.Sreefer]

Trade secret

 

[Mr_Knightley]

there are a lot of theories. the most prevalent one is that ultra-high par and especially high UV can trigger bouncing, as a sort of defense mechanism. However that hasn't really been tested, and if it has it's been done by vendors and they've been selling the shrooms they make lol
Just keep in mind that shrooms like the OG bounce and Sunkist were collected from amazingly shallow water (deep enough to wade in at low tide, if my memory serves me right) and thus would be exposed to this high light at all times. But who knows, it could be anything. Some strains of "bounced" shrooms will lose their bounces after a while (like Juggernaut and others), which tells me that they aren't bounced in the same way.

 

[Utubereefer]

 

[GHOSTLY]

there are a lot of theories. the most prevalent one is that ultra-high par and especially high UV can trigger bouncing, as a sort of defense mechanism. However that hasn't really been tested, and if it has it's been done by vendors and they've been selling the shrooms they make lol
Just keep in mind that shrooms like the OG bounce and Sunkist were collected from amazingly shallow water (deep enough to wade in at low tide, if my memory serves me right) and thus would be exposed to this high light at all times. But who knows, it could be anything. Some strains of "bounced" shrooms will lose their bounces after a while (like Juggernaut and others), which tells me that they aren't bounced in the same way.

So at the moment its not determined?

 

[Mr_Knightley]

So at the moment its not determined?

Not to my knowledge, no. There was a hundred-odd page thread on here years ago about the mechanisms of bouncing, search "how to make bounce mushrooms" in google and it should be the first thing to crop up. Lots of neat info on that thread!

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Are these "bouncing"? Lol
...seriously.
Lol. I think the last one is a st. Thomas mushroom.
D

 

[GHOSTLY]

Right now I was thinking about getting some godzilla bounces. Yoy said they lose their bounce sometimes though right

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

None of these cost me over $40 btw...

 

[GHOSTLY]

None of these cost me over $40 btw...

After some partial business I've managed to make enough to buy some of the higher end bounce msuhrooms

 

[damsels are not mean]

My tank is covered in mushrooms. They came in on the rocks and have split or bred and mutated into a few different combinations of traits. Actually an interesting study in genetics I suppose. Anyways many of them have small bumps, but there is one with a bigger bump than most. That one is right in the middle on a high ledge under intense light. I notice more bumps in general on the high up ones if they managed to get the "bumpy" trait when they were born. I can post a pic tonight.

 

[snorklr]

drop them from a great height?

 

[GHOSTLY]

My tank is covered in mushrooms. They came in on the rocks and have split or bred and mutated into a few different combinations of traits. Actually an interesting study in genetics I suppose. Anyways many of them have small bumps, but there is one with a bigger bump than most. That one is right in the middle on a high ledge under intense light. I notice more bumps in general on the high up ones if they managed to get the "bumpy" trait when they were born. I can post a pic tonight.

Could i see?

 

[damsels are not mean]

Could i see?

Here is one from the spot where the original parents were

Windex version

And here is one from a much brighter spot

Windex version:

It's far back so hard to get a sharp picture but you can see a prominent bubble forming there. The others that are in even brighter light have similar bumps but are impossible to photograph from the sides of the tank.

 

[adsf430]

I've been steadily raising my lightening for weeks now and my green yuma I've had for almost two years is beginning to bounce for what it's worth. I also have an OG bounce and Godzilla bounce and the OG seems to hate direct light and the Godzilla seems to like it so... who knows. If you want the godzilla I know the people to go to for the "true" ones. plenty of people sell the regular godzilla yuma as the bounce one. @GHOSTLY