Too many watts or that is how mushrooms are??

Chi6488 · 03/11/2010, 11:07 AM

I have 2 MH bulbs at 14k 200 watts. When I first turn on the lights these mushrooms give off a great color. They are like this for the first hr or 2. Then they turn an pale orangish color and the mushrooms are fully opened or expanded.

The mushrooms are in the middle of water column. I can lower them about 12 inches.

http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/a...8/IMG_7143.jpg

How do keep them at this pretty green color??

stingythingy45 · 03/11/2010, 11:10 AM

How long have you had the mushroom under the Halides?
Are the halides new to the system?

travis32 · 03/11/2010, 11:34 AM

I've been told and seen it happen to my own tank, where, mushrooms will lose their pigmant and turn towards a pale brownish color when they aren't getting enough light.

agreeive?fish · 03/11/2010, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by travis32

I've been told and seen it happen to my own tank, where, mushrooms will lose their pigmant and turn towards a pale brownish color when they aren't getting enough light.

I can see that but the question i have is if they are not getting enough light why would they revert to thier green color when the lights turn on then change to the orangish/brownish after the lights have been on for a hour or 2???

Chi6488 · 03/11/2010, 11:47 AM

Halides and mushrooms came at the same time. I bought rocks from someone and they were on the rocks. The lights came within a day or so once the rocks were put in the tank. Both are around 6 months in my tank.

The mushrooms are the greenish color in the dark and when I first turn lights on. After an hour or so they change color. It has bee like this fro day one. I just never bothered to inquire about it.

TheFishMan65 · 03/11/2010, 12:03 PM

I have a theory. Don't metal halides change spectrum as they warm up. If so is it possible that the frequency required for flourescing is being lost as they heat up?

Chi what kind of lights do you have.

03/11/2010, 11:07 AM	#1
Chi6488 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 237	Too many watts or that is how mushrooms are?? I have 2 MH bulbs at 14k 200 watts. When I first turn on the lights these mushrooms give off a great color. They are like this for the first hr or 2. Then they turn an pale orangish color and the mushrooms are fully opened or expanded. The mushrooms are in the middle of water column. I can lower them about 12 inches. http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/a...8/IMG_7143.jpg How do keep them at this pretty green color?? __________________ 110 Gal 30" tall tank; 2 @ 250 Watt MH 14k ; Reef Octopus extreme 160; 1/10 jbj chiller; 4 stage ro then into dual di resin; MP40W powerhead. 20" zebra eel, yellow tang, two clowns, red hawkfish, yellow wrasse and bubble coral; carpet anemone 34 gallon red sea max with 3 sea horses for the wife 90 Gal with 4 urchins, big snail, 2 sargeant majors caught from the keys. Horseshoe crab and about 5 starfish from gulf of mexico

03/11/2010, 11:10 AM	#2
stingythingy45 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: MA Posts: 3,296	How long have you had the mushroom under the Halides? Are the halides new to the system? __________________ Bob Current Tank Info: 90 gallon,mixed Reef,2-250 watt Optix 3 pendants(Phoenix 14K)2-54 watt T5 Super actnics ,ASM G-2 Gate/recirc mods,70 gal. basement sump,20L ref

03/11/2010, 11:47 AM	#5
Chi6488 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 237	Halides and mushrooms came at the same time. I bought rocks from someone and they were on the rocks. The lights came within a day or so once the rocks were put in the tank. Both are around 6 months in my tank. The mushrooms are the greenish color in the dark and when I first turn lights on. After an hour or so they change color. It has bee like this fro day one. I just never bothered to inquire about it. __________________ 110 Gal 30" tall tank; 2 @ 250 Watt MH 14k ; Reef Octopus extreme 160; 1/10 jbj chiller; 4 stage ro then into dual di resin; MP40W powerhead. 20" zebra eel, yellow tang, two clowns, red hawkfish, yellow wrasse and bubble coral; carpet anemone 34 gallon red sea max with 3 sea horses for the wife 90 Gal with 4 urchins, big snail, 2 sargeant majors caught from the keys. Horseshoe crab and about 5 starfish from gulf of mexico

03/11/2010, 11:34 AM	#3
travis32 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: West Fargo, ND Posts: 2,161	I've been told and seen it happen to my own tank, where, mushrooms will lose their pigmant and turn towards a pale brownish color when they aren't getting enough light.

03/11/2010, 12:03 PM	#6
TheFishMan65 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 4,618	I have a theory. Don't metal halides change spectrum as they warm up. If so is it possible that the frequency required for flourescing is being lost as they heat up? Chi what kind of lights do you have.