Mushrooms Revisited

I carefully scanned my tank for mushrooms and I found plenty growing in
my tank, but they were all growing in shady locations in the tank. Even
the original rock that was covered with shrooms still had them... in the
shady locations.

I think I'll go back to my original hypothesis that this variety of
shrooms just doesn't like my MH lights.

--Kurt

There are some mushrooms that don't tolerate high
intensity lighting, but most do fine under such high
intensity lighting, but your's might be one that
does not do well under high intensity lighting.

Wayne Sallee



KurtG wrote on 11/26/2007 10:01 PM:

I carefully scanned my tank for mushrooms and I found plenty growing in
my tank, but they were all growing in shady locations in the tank. Even
the original rock that was covered with shrooms still had them... in the
shady locations.

I think I'll go back to my original hypothesis that this variety of
shrooms just doesn't like my MH lights.

--Kurt

On Nov 27, 12:42 pm, Wayne Sallee wrote:
There are some mushrooms that don't tolerate high
intensity lighting, but most do fine under such high
intensity lighting, but your's might be one that
does not do well under high intensity lighting.

Wayne Sallee


KurtG wrote on 11/26/2007 10:01 PM:





I carefully scanned my tank for mushrooms and I found plenty growing in
my tank, but they were all growing in shady locations in the tank. Even
the original rock that was covered with shrooms still had them... in the
shady locations.

I think I'll go back to my original hypothesis that this variety of
shrooms just doesn't like my MH lights.

--Kurt- Hide quoted text -

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I have a couple varieties in my tank at this point...some green
hairies and a couple real cool looking brown ones, seem to do well
regardless of where I put them in the tank...but mind you, I'm not
using MH lighting at this point...the flourescents seem to be doing OK
by anything I've put in there so far.

Now if I can just get the bloody calcium level up...mutter mutter

Mitch
p.s. This weekend, added a golden headed sleeper goby...he's awesome

Big Habeeb wrote:
On Nov 27, 12:42 pm, Wayne Sallee wrote:
There are some mushrooms that don't tolerate high
intensity lighting, but most do fine under such high
intensity lighting, but your's might be one that
does not do well under high intensity lighting.

Kalkwasser drip?

I get my drip gates at http://www.kvvetsupply.com/ (along with my dog's
flea meds).

Mrs. Wages Pickling lime:
http://www.canningpantry.com/pickling-lime.html

It's very basic so you need to drip it into your tank. It reduces CO2,
so best down when lights are out at night.

Otherwise, you'll need to step up to a Ca reactor.

--Kurt

Wayne Sallee wrote:
There are some mushrooms that don't tolerate high intensity lighting,
but most do fine under such high intensity lighting, but your's might be
one that does not do well under high intensity lighting.

Ah, good to know. They have definitely spread around my tank. Nothing
else is going to grow in the shady areas, so it's fine by me.

--Kurt

I did some experimenting with putting granulated
sulfur in a bag in the sump. I also continued doing
the lime drip. I found that the sulfur did a great
job of raising both the calcium levels, and the
alkalinity levels.

It also did a great job of keeping the corals from
taking the calcium out of the water. :-)

Wayne Sallee



Big Habeeb wrote on 11/27/2007 1:30 PM:
Now if I can just get the bloody calcium level up...mutter mutter

Mitch

Wayne Sallee wrote:
I did some experimenting with putting granulated sulfur in a bag in the
sump. I also continued doing the lime drip. I found that the sulfur did
a great job of raising both the calcium levels, and the alkalinity levels.

It also did a great job of keeping the corals from taking the calcium
out of the water. :-)

Huh? Why would sulfur increase Ca levels? I've heard of Nitrate
reactors running the effluent through Ca material to reduce acidity
which would release some Ca. I think that was because of a high load of
CO2 and HS.

---Kurt

Because it binds with the calcium, thus keeping it
in the water, but it also keeps the corals from
taking it out of the water. :-)

Wayne Sallee



KurtG wrote on 11/28/2007 9:50 AM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
I did some experimenting with putting granulated sulfur in a bag in the
sump. I also continued doing the lime drip. I found that the sulfur did
a great job of raising both the calcium levels, and the alkalinity levels.

It also did a great job of keeping the corals from taking the calcium
out of the water. :-)

Huh? Why would sulfur increase Ca levels? I've heard of Nitrate
reactors running the effluent through Ca material to reduce acidity
which would release some Ca. I think that was because of a high load of
CO2 and HS.

---Kurt

Wayne Sallee wrote:
Because it binds with the calcium, thus keeping it in the water, but it
also keeps the corals from taking it out of the water. :-)

Isn't the whole idea behind keeping the calcium levels high to allow the corals
to use it?

George Patterson
Worry doesn't improve the future; it just ruins the present.

George Patterson wrote on 11/28/2007 10:39 PM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
Because it binds with the calcium, thus keeping it in the water, but
it also keeps the corals from taking it out of the water. :-)

Isn't the whole idea behind keeping the calcium levels high to allow the
corals to use it?

George Patterson
Worry doesn't improve the future; it just ruins the present.

Yep, and that's why I discontinued the experiment. :-)

Wayne Sallee