Are Rhodactis Invasive?

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How invasive can Rhodactis mushrooms be?
Thinking of starting a small garden at the base of my rock structure.
Trying to get a sense of how these animals grow and spread.
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Rhodactis typically do not spread quickly enough to reach those proportions. It's most discosoma that do that.
 

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I have gonzos golden dragons that have spread like wildfire. So if youre considering them, id put them in a basket of some sort.
I had one piece of a foot stick onto a frag rack 2 months ago. Now exploding with about 15. They just keep splitting! Its terrifying.
 
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The gonzos sure are beautiful. Good to know that they are invasive.
How does one know if a particular Rhodactis is super invasive?
There are so many different names that vendors use.
 

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The gonzos sure are beautiful. Good to know that they are invasive.
How does one know if a particular Rhodactis is super invasive?
There are so many different names that vendors use.
1st photo 7/30
2nd photo 8/7
Last photo 1/1/21 is what one piece of foot exploded into. About 15 seperate shrooms and i already have basketed and sold a bunch lol.
Keep em out of the light!!!
 

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I have gonzos that have never multiplied at all. I have them at the bottom but in light. Its a shallow 20 gallon. I would love to have some babies but also dont want them on my rockwork! Any advice? Should i move from light? I also dont have much flow on bottom.
 

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I have gonzos that have never multiplied at all. I have them at the bottom but in light. Its a shallow 20 gallon. I would love to have some babies but also dont want them on my rockwork! Any advice? Should i move from light? I also dont have much flow on bottom.
Put them up high at the top of the tank
 

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