I read that Marc has had some issues with them and I am also having some. I thought these were easy corals to keep.... My water is fine and am looking for another explination. Any need to knows for mushroom corals in general?
I believe Marc and others were talking about how mushrooms take over and kill other corals. I'm sure they don't want any shrooms in the big displays. :?
ohh.... that must have been marc issue, I woudltn figure that he woudl have any strange coral deaths but I read that he was having problems with them and was curious as to what it was because mine suck right now.
Mushrooms are ok in a display tank. My problem is keeping them in check. They will take over a rock the back glass land on your prize SPS and pretty much smother them. The good part about it is if you not lazy you can control them. I on the other hand since I am self employed in Telecommunications and guide fishing trips I hardly feel like it at times. I try to cull them back once a month but needs to be done atleast 2 times a month. I just throw them in the sump and trade them in down the road. Or when I frag other stuff I give them to people when they come over. If I had to do all over again. I wouldn't for the exception of Ricordias they do not multiply as fast.
Yes, they used to take over my 29g. You can see them on this page:
http://www.melevsreef.com/29g/29g_progress.html
I have given away hundreds of them, and killed hundreds more. All from the original four that I purchased. If you don't care much and enjoy having these in your tank, you can look forward to tons of them if they have enough time to spread.
I do the same thing that Catfish does...cut them back once a month and throw them down in the sump. The usually stick to some rubble within a week and I trade them in for some store credit. It's free salt or corals for me!
