[twerlinich]

I feel your pain. I personally love mushrooms of all varieties and have bought many colonies over the years. While EVERYONE seems to report that mushrooms propagate like bunnies, I have had the opposite experience. Mine die. Purples and greens seem to last well (but do not propagate) but reds and blues shrink and die within a couple weeks. I've moved them around in my established 125 gal DSP (middle, top, bottom) -- but the reds and blues consistently expire. 1/3 water changes are performed monthly. Water chemistry, per the guy who performs them is "perfect". My critter population includes 1 percula, 1 powder blue tang, 1 flame angel, 1-flame hawk, 1- long nose hawk, 1 large old velvet damsel, 2 wrasses plus a large coral banded shrimp, cleaner shrimp, a 5" green starfish, several zoas, a 5" (based) green acopora, and a host of snails. I've also found that softies of various types do not survive long. Between the consistent losses of red and blue mushrooms and the loss of other softies I am really frustrated. Can anyone help? Thanks! -- Tom