Tequila sunrise mushroom worth it

[muggle0981]

Is $100 for 1 tequila sunrise mushroom worth it

 

[coralreefer123]

I’d say it really depends on the size, and if it is aquacultured or at least been in a tank for a while. I had one that was 2.5 inches when open for $75 and the color was good. Green and yellow.

 

[muggle0981]

Coming from someones personal tank from their colony

 

[muggle0981]

Just disnt knowif these were tempermental

 

[coralreefer123]

Those look nice! And no they aren’t really. Just make sure you have an established tank with nutrients and they will do well. Mine liked more low light

 

[muggle0981]

Tank is 5 yr old-system has been thru 2 upgrades over last 16 yrs

Nitrates 14
Phosphates .17.

Normally what i run

All corals have been good besides my long hairy green mushroom colony for some reason disappeared over last 6 months all other mushrooms have been great

 

[fandaga]

I bought a tequila sunrise mushroom from marine farmers for $79 a few months ago; although looks like he doesn’t have any listed on his website at the moment. It’s doing fine so far and was my first mushroom. It doesn’t seem too difficult and looks nice. It’s about 2-3” when fully expanded and green/yellow with nice fluorescence under blue lighting. It also looks good under white lighting too. My water quality is on the dirtier side, and I’ve had some algae/dino problems. The mushroom wasn’t impacted at all.

Under all blue:

With orange filter:

 

[VintageReefer]

Coming from someones personal tank from their colony

That pic isn’t accurate. They are nice. I like them a lot But they don’t look like that in person

This is @BryanM colony and this is more realistic

Here’s a pic of mine

 

[VintageReefer]

I bought a tequila sunrise mushroom from marine farmers for $79 a few months ago; although looks like he doesn’t have any listed on his website at the moment. It’s doing fine so far and was my first mushroom. It doesn’t seem too difficult and looks nice. It’s about 2-3” when fully expanded and green/yellow with nice fluorescence under blue lighting. It also looks good under white lighting too. My water quality is on the dirtier side, and I’ve had some algae/dino problems. The mushroom wasn’t impacted at all.

Under all blue:

With orange filter:

They turn green in low par

 

[muggle0981]

Yes my guy i get from always uses filters on his stuff-i figured they’d be lessened in real life-i’m always looking for a different mushroom-something that is more unique or not as basic

 

[Wonkabar]

It’s more or less the market price. “Worth it” is very subjective and completely depends on the buyers budget. Some people pay $1000 for things and they would say it’s a good deal and someone else would say the same purchase was a ripoff. If you like it and can afford it then sure it’s “worth it”.

 

[muggle0981]

Yes i get it

I just dont want to ve overpaying for something on a juiced rate

 

[VintageReefer]

$100 is the high end for one. It would have to be like a 4” monster to be worth 100 to me.

This aqua farm has a ton for 60 and even with the sh its still less

 

[muggle0981]

Its like 3 inches

 

[fandaga]

They turn green in low par

Yeah I have it on the bottom of the tank tucked away in the back corner. Probably getting 50 PAR. An urchin just picked it up and wearing as a hat. So I guess it’ll be in higher PAR soon.

Also some of the pigments look similar to Rasta zoas that you can see in the bottom of the picture. And those are gorgeous zoas.

 

[coralreefer123]

Here is an an entire colony for $350. If you scroll down to the last picture on the post you can see them without blues. They are in the corner of the main pic. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/x...equila-mushroom-colony.1139092/#post-14094361

 

[VintageReefer]

Yeah I have it on the bottom of the tank tucked away in the back corner. Probably getting 50 PAR. An urchin just picked it up and wearing as a hat. So I guess it’ll be in higher PAR soon.

Also some of the pigments look similar to Rasta zoas that you can see in the bottom of the picture. And those are gorgeous zoas.

One Of my favorite all time zoas. I see the pigment you mentioned. One of mine is picking up hints of red in those lashes. Cool stuff!

 

[Ufuk's reef]

These are from the same rocks in my aquarium. Sunrise rhotacdis and Citrus rhotacdis mushrooms.

 

[BryanM]

If it is really 3 inches, I would say $100 is a fair price, definitely not being gouged.

The colony has grown a lot.