Are these dime to quarter size??

[Jhav89]

Sold to me as "dime to quarter size". I feel like I received tissue samples.

Am I being impatient here or will these "og jawbreakers" expand 20x their size to be remotely close to that?

 

[AydenLincoln]

Nope you aren’t I wasn’t even sure what I was looking at. This is pea size lol.

 

[Reefer Matt]

I hope they weren't expensive. Like almost free.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Sold to me as "dime to quarter size". I feel like I received tissue samples.

Am I being impatient here or will these "og jawbreakers" expand 20x their size to be remotely close to that?

I have never seen dime to quarter size shrooms come in that small. @Lost in the Sauce @F i s h y have either of you ever seen that? Kind of looks like foot boogers that got shipped to the OP.

 

[Cell]

Hard to tell when they are shrunken up in a shipping cup. Get them acclimated and in your system and see how big they get.

 

[mdb_talon]

Mushrooms do shrink a lot and i am far from expert so i cant comment on what they might do.....but wow if i got that in a shipment....

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Absolutely Not quarter sized. No way in heck. Dime .. maybe...

I'm looking at a few curled up JB'S right now and they are still half sized.

I would be more irritated at the way they came in. Breakers are notoriously hard to get attached to a substrate. I don't even know how I would go about introducing those without the risk of them being swept off by current...

 

[F i s h y]

Absolutely Not quarter sized. No way in heck. Dime .. maybe...

I'm looking at a few curled up JB'S right now and they are still half sized.

I would be more irritated at the way they came in. Breakers are notoriously hard to get attached to a substrate. I don't even know how I would go about introducing those without the risk of them being swept off by current...

This...

 

[Cell]

What does the vendor pick look like? Were these wsiwyg?

 

[mdb_talon]

What does the vendor pick look like? Were these wsiwyg?

Vendor pic.

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Did you reach out to the seller? I would after seeing your picture

 

[Jhav89]

@will25u

 

[tankstudy]

I would put it in your tank and see how big they get. Jawbreakers will also regulate their expansion size based on how much light is present as well.

 

[Jhav89]

What does the vendor pick look like? Were these wsiwyg?

This is what a received moments before shipment was sent. I opened it too late or in would have raised concern at that moment.

 

[KrisReef]

I don't qt normally, but I would if those were sent to me. Could be Aiptasia?

 

[Jhav89]

I don't qt normally, but I would if those were sent to me. Could be Aiptasia?

They have the JB orange glow, but they are literally tissue samples...

 

[KrisReef]

They have the JB orange glow, but they are literally tissue samples...

Seriously, I would put some coral sand /rubble in the containers they came in and sink them to the bottom of my tank and hope that they attach. Try to make something good out of this situation, those polyps are not to blame for what the seller did. They might be really nice in about 18 years?

 

[Eagle_Steve]

They have the JB orange glow, but they are literally tissue samples...

The issue here is going to be getting them to attach to something and not just be blown all over the tank. While they are more than likely some foot boogers that have formed and look like a tiny shroom, JB are the worst at getting to attach to something. At least they are for me.

If you have a way to make a small box or something that can sit in your aquarium, in an area with almost no to very flow and some rubble or calcium reactor media in there, You may be able to get them to attach to it and then let them grow out a bit. (low to no flow , I mean inside the actual container you use. You want water to be able to go across the top, etc., but not to blow them around in the container)

 

[Jhav89]

Here they are a little over 24 hours later. You can see the one that is dime size in background for size reference, they are barely larger than a grain of sand... I do not have any hope of these expanding to a dime. IF I can get them attached I will feel like a pulled a miracle.

Placed them in a 4oz deli cup with multiple holes all throughout in about 45-55 par(checked with apogee).

 

[Jhav89]

Did you reach out to the seller? I would after seeing your picture

I did. I got the "they are stressed from shipping" excuse. This is not my first mushroom coral shipment, but I guess they think I am a rookie. Sheesh...