feeding polyps---mushrooms
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i feed my button polyps mysis shrimp and they also eat cycloo-ezz. i just dump the food in front of my powerheads and let nature take i ts place.....well kind of.
as for any of my shrooms i have only seen one of them eat some mysis shrimp. my shroom was folded up like a cup and some shrimp settled in and then it was gone....
as for any of my shrooms i have only seen one of them eat some mysis shrimp. my shroom was folded up like a cup and some shrimp settled in and then it was gone....
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Anonymous
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most polyps do not need direct feeding, but may accept it.
discosoma shrooms generally do not feed, but rather mostly on absoption, incidental capture on their surface. Rhodactis, Amplexis shrooms can and do eat (may even eat an unweary fish) but I do not directly feed mine and they do just fine, you could feed them if you want.
discosoma shrooms generally do not feed, but rather mostly on absoption, incidental capture on their surface. Rhodactis, Amplexis shrooms can and do eat (may even eat an unweary fish) but I do not directly feed mine and they do just fine, you could feed them if you want.
Sugar Magnolia
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Agreed. I never feed my mushrooms. The button polyps capture whatever floats by.
leaffish75
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i just add oyster eggs to my tank 3 times a week.
A decent general rule is smooth mushrooms don't really benefit from target feeding. Mushrooms with elongated projections, ricordias, hairy, etc... will benefit from meaty food, but will usually do fine without target feeding. I only target feed them if they're very small. Or just split from another one.
The only polyps I normally target feed are my sun polyps. Or again if I have small frags of zoos, then I'll try to use a turkey baster to spray food directly over them.
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The only polyps I normally target feed are my sun polyps. Or again if I have small frags of zoos, then I'll try to use a turkey baster to spray food directly over them.
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i wasn't aware zoos or button polyps (same thing right??) eat when target fed, they look so smooth and not the type, but I do notice they close up, but that when something touches it. I feed my tank all the time, it's hard to say whether they eat the stuff I put in there. Maybe they do, and I just dont notice?? hmm....
I do have a recent small head of a florida ric, so I take it I should feed it something meaty until it grows bigger??
I do have a recent small head of a florida ric, so I take it I should feed it something meaty until it grows bigger??
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I don't target feed my rics either, but although Ihave many other shrooms I'm new to rics, I've only had them a couple months, but they seem to be growing without feeding. ????????????
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I have some purple rhodactis (blue hairy shrooms) - they were sold to me as tonga blues (Rhodactus inchoata) but quickly turned a true purple - I don't feed them and I've gone from about 4 tiny ones to 8, 3"ers and a couple of frags. I also have green amplexis (i believe??) that I've never directly feed that have tripled in size and I have a couple frags from them also. I think they get what they need from the tank but sup feeding can't hurt if they take it and it doesn't cause other probs in the tank - I think this is one of those things - if it works for you....................
http://www.reefermadness.us/RM-Hand-Picked.htm This is the link dragon79. The blues are the 5th picture over on the first line of pics. Cost a pretty penny. I'd hate to pay that and have them change color like johnanddawn's did. Hey, they aren't too far from where your at.
very nice, that's a pretty hairy shroom. Lavender huh? So more of a purplish color I see. 169.00 for them too, I'll have to ask my LFS if they can get them, perhaps cheaper. The acan I saw there, that's a bubble gum pink is nice. Not as bad in price either 
http://www.reefermadness.us/RMDF_Acan_echinata_gum.htm
http://www.reefermadness.us/RMDF_Acan_echinata_gum.htm
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wow thats insaine not maddness - 169.00 for shrooms?????? Too bad we wern't closer I'd hook you up. Heres what they look like under my lights.
