What is going on with my Mushrooms??

JK75gal · Nov 22, 2023

Hi All,

First things first, you all are incredible resources, I sincerely appreciate all the knowledge here.
Only 10 months in the hobby and really enjoying it. Amazing to watch everything going on in there!!
Which brings me to my request, what the heck is up with the Mushrooms????
Are they ok??
See below if you would, and thank you in advance for comments....

Mushrooms May until recently:

Now (a few weeks)

Tank overall for reference, Mushrooms have been within inches of the original spot. (Moved the scape around a bit)

Thoughts appreciated....

Uncle99 · Nov 22, 2023

Split? Did you see two mouths on one?
Looks like 2 is maybe going to be 3.

JK75gal · Nov 22, 2023

Uncle99 said:
Split? Did you see two mouths on one?
Looks like 2 is maybe going to be 3.

I didn't notice, but will see if I can tell. Still new at this ... thank you for the reply!

dschuffert · Nov 22, 2023

It is hard to tell from the pictures. I agree with what someone else posted that they may have split. I am also wondering if they are getting fed or not. If they are getting fed, then they probably split. If they are not getting fed, you may want to try that. I feed my mushrooms TDO small pellets every evening, and they seem to love them. Here is a picture of some green hairy mushrooms.

JK75gal · Nov 22, 2023

dschuffert said:
It is hard to tell from the pictures. I agree with what someone else posted that they may have split. I am also wondering if they are getting fed or not. If they are getting fed, then they probably split. If they are not getting fed, you may want to try that. I feed my mushrooms TDO small pellets every evening, and they seem to love them. Here is a picture of some green hairy mushrooms.

they look awesome! I am going to make sure they get fed on their own also.. to be sure.

CBonito · Nov 22, 2023

I had a big rock completely covered in different colors of these. It was about an 11 or 12 inch ball of them.
They like some nutrient in the water. They like medium to lower light, a bit lower current.
When they are slightly reaching for light and expand nicely, that's usually spot on.

If you do target feed them, they will split for sure and they can grow fast.
Back when I had these, GE made this pinkish sort of compact flourescent bulb that was like 9370k or some weird number like that and they loved those bulbs and the rock sat on the bottom so they weren't getting some super amount of light, but they loved those lights.

When they first start to split it might look like they are dying, but they aren't.