Is this normal for Mushrooms?

Tastee · 08/12/2018, 05:42 AM

Hi all, I am 10 months into my reefing learning curve and have a question about some of my softies. My mushrooms look happy but the pale lumps on them look a bit strange. They have been about 8 months in my tank and were pretty juvenile when introduced I believe.

Is this a normal growth of this type of corals?

Thanks in advance, Brad,

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Jason9488 · 08/12/2018, 08:22 AM

Looks normal. Might be getting a little bounce to them.

Uncle99 · 08/12/2018, 04:01 PM

Kinda looks like a Yuma that split, or is trying to. Or maybe just the lighting...
That would be kinda neat cause Yumas a bit hard sometimes to settle.
Mushrooms vary a bit in reproduction, some split, some leave a small piece and move a bit, but looks good to me.
Growth varies widely Dependant on stability and parameters and I am not sure what the original looked like. I have Florida ricordias, once settled, 3-4 months,double in 4-6 months, but be wary, they can also take over a rank in a couple of tears or so, but in Canada, Yuma and ricordias, (nice colour ones) run 40-100 bucks, so maybe a good problem

Tastee · 08/13/2018, 01:58 AM

Thanks for the feedback all. Here is a photo with the blue light dialled back.

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eastlake · 08/13/2018, 05:52 AM

They look like a kind of interstellar mushroom that are beginning to "bounce". It's totally normal for mushrooms to do this especially under intense lighting.

Rover88 · 08/13/2018, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by eastlake

They look like a kind of interstellar mushroom that are beginning to "bounce". It's totally normal for mushrooms to do this especially under intense lighting.

I'm ignorant and curious.

What does the term bounce mean? I've never heard of it before being used to describe a corals actions, other then in the sense of bouncing back from a recession or something of the sort.

eastlake · 08/13/2018, 08:08 AM

"bouncing" in regards to mushrooms means that there are vesicles that are beginning to inflate and look like large bubbles. There are a wealth of theories out there as to why different mushrooms exhibit this behaviour/morphological change but the most widely accepted one is that when certain individual mushrooms are exposed to intense enough light their vesicles will bubble/bounce and alter their physical appearance. Due to the current mushroom coral trend you can now charge 20 times what you paid for them lol

08/12/2018, 05:42 AM	#1
Tastee Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 277	Is this normal for Mushrooms? Hi all, I am 10 months into my reefing learning curve and have a question about some of my softies. My mushrooms look happy but the pale lumps on them look a bit strange. They have been about 8 months in my tank and were pretty juvenile when introduced I believe. Is this a normal growth of this type of corals? Thanks in advance, Brad, Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

08/12/2018, 04:01 PM	#3
Uncle99 Crab Free Zone Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,906	Kinda looks like a Yuma that split, or is trying to. Or maybe just the lighting... That would be kinda neat cause Yumas a bit hard sometimes to settle. Mushrooms vary a bit in reproduction, some split, some leave a small piece and move a bit, but looks good to me. Growth varies widely Dependant on stability and parameters and I am not sure what the original looked like. I have Florida ricordias, once settled, 3-4 months,double in 4-6 months, but be wary, they can also take over a rank in a couple of tears or so, but in Canada, Yuma and ricordias, (nice colour ones) run 40-100 bucks, so maybe a good problem Last edited by Uncle99; 08/12/2018 at 04:07 PM.

08/12/2018, 08:22 AM	#2
Jason9488 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 152	Looks normal. Might be getting a little bounce to them.

08/13/2018, 01:58 AM	#4
Tastee Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 277	Thanks for the feedback all. Here is a photo with the blue light dialled back. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

08/13/2018, 05:52 AM	#5
eastlake Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: willoughby Posts: 648	They look like a kind of interstellar mushroom that are beginning to "bounce". It's totally normal for mushrooms to do this especially under intense lighting.

08/13/2018, 08:08 AM	#7
eastlake Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: willoughby Posts: 648	"bouncing" in regards to mushrooms means that there are vesicles that are beginning to inflate and look like large bubbles. There are a wealth of theories out there as to why different mushrooms exhibit this behaviour/morphological change but the most widely accepted one is that when certain individual mushrooms are exposed to intense enough light their vesicles will bubble/bounce and alter their physical appearance. Due to the current mushroom coral trend you can now charge 20 times what you paid for them lol