Mushrooms or Zoanthids

shelden816 · 03/19/2016, 11:14 AM

Hello all, glad to be a part of this community. I have just started a 45 gal reef tank with 2 clowns in it at the moment. What would be a better coral to start out with in the tank? Mushrooms or Zoanthids?

Thanks,

cloak · 03/19/2016, 11:16 AM

I'd go with Zoanthids. These are just more colorful and a lot easier to manage IME. GL.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume.../zoanthids.htm

shelden816 · 03/19/2016, 11:43 AM

Awesome Thank you for that :-)

mmittlesteadt · 03/19/2016, 11:46 AM

I love both! Mushrooms and Zoanthids are both super easy to care for...you pretty much have to have a nuclear meltdown before they'd suffer any ill effects. Very cool looking. Zoas come in more color variety. But the mushrooms have their own look too. Can't go wrong with either.

uncleL · 03/19/2016, 03:38 PM

+1 I love mushrooms

mitch91175 · 03/19/2016, 07:06 PM

Why not just get both? If you tank is large enough, the you could have a mushroom and a zoa island.

Frantz · 03/20/2016, 02:52 PM

I had a mushroom hitchhiker on my first pieces of LR from my first tank I set up and they survived from day one until I took down the tank. IMO shrooms are more interesting, but Zoas are about as easy to frag as you can get, so good candidates for trading. Get em both and start your diverse collection.

Grandlotus · 03/20/2016, 02:54 PM

IMO, Zoas.

Protoavis · 03/20/2016, 04:09 PM

Depends what you're going for. Zoas have more colour combo (in the hobby at least) and higher fluroescene occurence under antinic and if you let the colony grow really large look very nice (but pretty meh when a small colony of a few polyps in my opinion) but I still prefer mushrooms, they have a lot of colour combos and textures (ie disco vs rhod vs ric)

thomas.torode · 03/21/2016, 01:07 AM

*Whispers in Ear* "Zoanthids"

But honestly, it's all preference. Whatever looks best in your tank is what you should get.

sde1500 · 03/21/2016, 07:44 AM

I'd vote Zoas. I find most mushrooms kinda boring. Ricordea are pretty cool, but I'm having a heck of a time finding a spot my yuma seems happy in, while my zoas were happy just about right where I plopped them.

zachfishman · 03/21/2016, 07:34 PM

What do you mean "or"? They'll get along fine! And you can get both cheap from local hobbyists!

shelden816 · 03/25/2016, 05:36 PM

I guess i'll do both. I have 2 rocks where I could put them both on individually. Thank you all for your input :-)

tg1966 · 03/25/2016, 05:43 PM

Don't be shocked if a zoa colony melts and dies right next to a zoa colony that is thriving. Nature never meant for species from different oceans to be together. Just saying.

shelden816 · 03/25/2016, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tg1966

Don't be shocked if a zoa colony melts and dies right next to a zoa colony that is thriving. Nature never meant for species from different oceans to be together. Just saying.

I would have them on opposite sides of the tank likely... if I were to do it

mmittlesteadt · 03/25/2016, 07:55 PM

These are the zoas and mushrooms in my 40 breeder. I think they are all fascinating.

shelden816 · 03/25/2016, 08:56 PM

Those are beautiful :-) thank you for sharing!

Laredotx1987 · 03/29/2016, 08:53 AM

i would get both, they arent hard to keep plus both come in different colors, and shapes

03/19/2016, 11:14 AM	#1
shelden816 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 14	Mushrooms or Zoanthids Hello all, glad to be a part of this community. I have just started a 45 gal reef tank with 2 clowns in it at the moment. What would be a better coral to start out with in the tank? Mushrooms or Zoanthids? Thanks,

03/19/2016, 11:46 AM	#4
mmittlesteadt Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Rothschild, WI Posts: 1,209	I love both! Mushrooms and Zoanthids are both super easy to care for...you pretty much have to have a nuclear meltdown before they'd suffer any ill effects. Very cool looking. Zoas come in more color variety. But the mushrooms have their own look too. Can't go wrong with either. __________________ Every life on this planet deserve respect, no matter how small or insignificant it may appear at first glance. 40 Gallon Build Thread - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2486801 Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder, Eshopps PSK-100, Kessil A160WE, 70 lbs. rock, 65 gallon sump, 27 gallon refugium

03/19/2016, 03:38 PM	#5
uncleL Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: NC Posts: 411	+1 I love mushrooms __________________ Current Tank Info: 75g QT, 90g DT, 180g under construction Current Tank Info: 150 Gallon setting up slowly, 90 Gallon Mixed Reef No Sump 3 Tangs,, 4 Clowns, Lawnmower Blenny, Coral Beauty, Coralband Shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp, Snails, Zoas, Mushrooms, FrogsSpawn, Toadstools, FeatherDuster, Xenias, Anemones,29g, 20g

03/21/2016, 01:07 AM	#10
thomas.torode Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: San Jose, California Posts: 158	Whispers in Ear "Zoanthids" But honestly, it's all preference. Whatever looks best in your tank is what you should get. Last edited by thomas.torode; 03/21/2016 at 01:19 AM.

03/21/2016, 07:44 AM	#11
sde1500 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Glocester, RI Posts: 3,336	I'd vote Zoas. I find most mushrooms kinda boring. Ricordea are pretty cool, but I'm having a heck of a time finding a spot my yuma seems happy in, while my zoas were happy just about right where I plopped them. __________________ My build thread: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2548422 Current Tank Info: 65 gallon mixed reef, Eshopps sump and HOB overflow, RO-110int skimmer, Reefbreeder 32" photons V1.

03/19/2016, 11:16 AM	#2
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	I'd go with Zoanthids. These are just more colorful and a lot easier to manage IME. GL. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume.../zoanthids.htm

03/19/2016, 11:43 AM	#3
shelden816 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 14	Awesome Thank you for that :-)

03/19/2016, 07:06 PM	#6
mitch91175 Premium Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 303	Why not just get both? If you tank is large enough, the you could have a mushroom and a zoa island.

03/20/2016, 02:52 PM	#7
Frantz Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Pennsylvanian Posts: 109	I had a mushroom hitchhiker on my first pieces of LR from my first tank I set up and they survived from day one until I took down the tank. IMO shrooms are more interesting, but Zoas are about as easy to frag as you can get, so good candidates for trading. Get em both and start your diverse collection.

03/20/2016, 02:54 PM	#8
Grandlotus Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 268	IMO, Zoas.

03/20/2016, 04:09 PM	#9
Protoavis Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 62	Depends what you're going for. Zoas have more colour combo (in the hobby at least) and higher fluroescene occurence under antinic and if you let the colony grow really large look very nice (but pretty meh when a small colony of a few polyps in my opinion) but I still prefer mushrooms, they have a lot of colour combos and textures (ie disco vs rhod vs ric)

03/21/2016, 07:34 PM	#12
zachfishman Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St Petersburg, FL Posts: 3,577	What do you mean "or"? They'll get along fine! And you can get both cheap from local hobbyists! __________________ Patience is a reefer's best tool. Secret Xenia lover. M.S. Marine Biology Staff - Marine Discovery Center, St. Petersburg FL Tampa Bay Reef Club BOD 2018 Current Tank Info: 34g modded Solana

03/25/2016, 05:36 PM	#13
shelden816 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 14	I guess i'll do both. I have 2 rocks where I could put them both on individually. Thank you all for your input :-)

03/25/2016, 05:43 PM	#14
tg1966 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 55	Don't be shocked if a zoa colony melts and dies right next to a zoa colony that is thriving. Nature never meant for species from different oceans to be together. Just saying.

03/25/2016, 07:55 PM	#16
mmittlesteadt Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Rothschild, WI Posts: 1,209	These are the zoas and mushrooms in my 40 breeder. I think they are all fascinating. __________________ Every life on this planet deserve respect, no matter how small or insignificant it may appear at first glance. 40 Gallon Build Thread - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2486801 Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder, Eshopps PSK-100, Kessil A160WE, 70 lbs. rock, 65 gallon sump, 27 gallon refugium

03/25/2016, 08:56 PM	#17
shelden816 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 14	Those are beautiful :-) thank you for sharing!

03/29/2016, 08:53 AM	#18
Laredotx1987 Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Laredo Tx Posts: 54	i would get both, they arent hard to keep plus both come in different colors, and shapes