Discosoma Mushrooms - nice looking but still to be avoided?

[Alexander1312]

I am debating whether to add 3 or 4 of these bright orange discosomas already encrusted into the main display tank - currently in quarantine. What do you guys think? A good idea? Added a poll for easier feedback .

 

[PizzaOven]

I love discosoma. Some multiply way too quickly (purple, brown, green ones), but I've found the more $$ they are, the more manageable they are. They will end up in places you didn't put them, but I'm OK with it.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

If you like shrooms...grow them
They ain’t aiptasia!

 

[H2OPlayar]

Mushrooms are easier to cut off and don't float around the tank the way cloves or aiptasia do. I like mushrooms, especially those bright ones.

 

[Thọ Key]

I see one in my tank with secondary colors that pop up.

 

[SupraSaltyReefer]

I see one in my tank with secondary colors that pop up.View attachment 79080

That’s called a Candy Crush mushroom.

 

[iani]

Voted yes as my jawbreakers are the favorite part of my tank.

 

[Thọ Key]

That’s called a Candy Crush mushroom.

So i got the named wrong!

 

[popper]

That’s called a Candy Crush mushroom.

oh...i got one of those too. LOL

i have blue, orange, red, green with stripe, orange with stripe, jawbreaker

 

[clownvan]

yes add them. they do not need as bright light as the sticks and like lesser flow. If you see them standing up, then they are unhappy. if they fully spread out, happy. i feed mine some brine and plankton. my mushrooms liked the bright light but these guys did not. that was a learning curve for me.

also if you have anything that can move structures like pistol shrimp (especially!), pencil urchins or big hermits, they can be pushed off unless you glue them since they are fairly light to move.

 

[CaseyP]

I regret putting them in mine I get floaters that attach in different places and sting coral so I'm constantly fighting them back with a majano wand. Where I do want them though they add a bright patch of color. One in a hundred I get some cool green streaks but mostly they're all orange.

 

[iani]

I regret putting them in mine I get floaters that attach in different places and sting coral so I'm constantly fighting them back with a majano wand. Where I do want them though they add a bright patch of color. One in a hundred I get some cool green streaks but mostly they're all orange.

I did regret adding tequila sunrise mushrooms,

 

[VacavilleFC]

if you're gonna get discos get the nicest one you can find/afford. cause they can be a plague it might as well be a pretty one