Plain old discosoma?

NormanB · Oct 31, 2022

Seems these days nobody sells just regular old shrooms. I really liked some of the green strip or fuzzy mushrooms of days long gone.

Sorry but there is no way I'm paying the price for these fancy schmancy shrooms.

Just my 0.2

OfficeReefer · Nov 1, 2022

I think they still do. These are usually found in bulk though were common at LFS like Petco. I believe the more specialized stores had several on a rock for $50 or so.

NormanB · Nov 2, 2022

Thanks for your comments. Not much around here. One LFS has some real nice ones in a display, but never sell any. Found a few online places, might just have to bite the bullet and pay the shipping cost.

Fish_Fry · Nov 2, 2022

I hear you. I've also been having a hard time finding 'boring' discosoma.

Thanks for the tip on Petco. It makes sense they might be found in the more generic pet store, vs a specialized reef store.

I haven't asked any local reefers because they always seem to be swapping higher end collector pieces but YMMV.

NormanB · Nov 3, 2022

Same here, locals all want to go with expensive schrooms...and most reef stores just want to sell sticks.

ReefMasta · Nov 3, 2022

OfficeReefer · Nov 3, 2022

If I may ask, everyone's interpretation of expensive vs inexpensive can be different. What would be an expectation of pricing for these?

Fish_Fry · Nov 3, 2022

Agreed price is very relative. I frequently see fancy bounce shrooms going for $75-$300 for a frag, with rare ones $500+.

I'd like to pay $20-40 a frag or $100 for a small cluster for boring, solid color type.

While it is possible to find these prices ( I recently paid $20 for a frag), in general the selection in a couple of my LFS is very limited and skews towards higher end corals and fancier shrooms.

Uroplatus · Nov 22, 2022

NormanB said:
Seems these days nobody sells just regular old shrooms. I really liked some of the green strip or fuzzy mushrooms of days long gone.

Sorry but there is no way I'm paying the price for these fancy schmancy shrooms.

Just my 0.2

I have some old school blue ones

Uroplatus · Nov 22, 2022

Fish_Fry said:
Agreed price is very relative. I frequently see fancy bounce shrooms going for $75-$300 for a frag, with rare ones $500+.

I'd like to pay $20-40 a frag or $100 for a small cluster for boring, solid color type.

While it is possible to find these prices ( I recently paid $20 for a frag), in general the selection in a couple of my LFS is very limited and skews towards higher end corals and fancier shrooms.

I have some old school blue ones

NormanB · Nov 23, 2022

Nice!

I'd throw some of them in my display if I came across them at a fair price.

fish farmer · Nov 23, 2022

NormanB said:
Nice!

I'd throw some of them in my display if I came across them at a fair price.

Where are you located?

NormanB · Nov 23, 2022

fish farmer said:
Where are you located?

I'm in western PA just a stones throw north of Pittsburgh.

fish farmer · Nov 23, 2022

NormanB said:
I'm in western PA just a stones throw north of Pittsburgh.

Do you ever come to Vermont? I'm not far from Rutland.

Half of my 29 gallon tank is covered with red and green striped mushrooms. I'm literally sucking out loose shrooms every month and just tossed a fist sized shroom rock away. My tank has other pests like vermetids and aiptasia so I give them away.

NormanB · Nov 23, 2022

No plans for a VT trip.

Was there for a week this past June. Always loved the look and feel of VT, a beautiful state for sure.

A pic of your tank would be nice.

Reefer_kano · Nov 23, 2022

Are you talking about shrooms like this...

NormanB · Nov 23, 2022

Those would be nice!

fish farmer · Nov 23, 2022

NormanB said:
No plans for a VT trip. Was there for a week this past June. Always loved the look and feel of VT, a beautiful state for sure.

A pic of your tank would be nice.

The reds have advanced more the past couple of years, pushing the green striped wagon wheel shrooms off which have been rolling over to the LPS side of the tank and settling anywhere they please. If I don't do aggressive removal from the left side they would probably take over that side as well.

One positive....I have no aiptasia where the mushrooms cover.

Reefer_kano · Nov 23, 2022

NormanB said:
Those would be nice!

I can try to frag the green one, and get you one of the other ones, sorry I just don't know their names

NormanB · Nov 23, 2022

fish farmer said:
The reds have advanced more the past couple of years, pushing the green striped wagon wheel shrooms off which have been rolling over to the LPS side of the tank and settling anywhere they please. If I don't do aggressive removal from the left side they would probably take over that side as well.

One positive....I have no aiptasia where the mushrooms cover.

Looks great!