Night Time Mushrooms ??? Help Me Figure This One Out Pls...

[mitchmac]

Ok .... so i have had my tank running for about 5 months and everything is doing good...just recently switched from a 10g to a 35 g hex...while changing the tanks over i had to turn the lights off and move some rocks around well i noticed that thre was a red coral with translucent tentacles / fingers coming out and white balls on the end of the fingers...idk what kind of coral it is but when i put light to it ist clses it has a mouth in the cneter of the body and i cant seem to get a good pic of it my digital camera wonk focus that close to get a good shot ... but it will only come out at night or when the lights are off...i would like to kno what it is if anyone has any ideas i have never really heard of many mushrooms being nocturnal and thats what it looks like is a red shroom with a translucent top to it but idk...if i can get a goo dpic then i will but for now im hopin one of you can figure or help me out with it...

[mitchmac]

hers the best pic i can get of it ... its small red and you can see the white dots comming off of it idk wha it is pls any ideas or comments would be great

[Loverotties]

Sorry can't tell,get any side veiws?

[YLChik]

bump

[crvz]

Might be a nocturnal pest anemone of some sort. Any chance you can get a better picture?

[Caball362]

Dose it happen to look anything like this ?


Or This

[mitchmac]

Originally Posted by Caball362

Dose it happen to look anything like this ?


Or This

it looks like the bottom 2 ... only when i put the light on them they have a green hint on their tentacles ... but yes they look identicle to those... what are they by the way ?

[mitchmac]

and i have been looking at a 250W MH light fixture with a 15000K MH double ended bulb is that the way to go for lighting on my 35? it has 8 moon light LED's and seperate wires to run a timer and i can get it at a fairly decent price...does anyone know if i shuold go ahead and get it or should i look for something else ? here is the sight info...


http://cgi.ebay.com/24-250W-Aquarium...ayphotohosting

[Caball362]

These were refereed to me as Hidden Cup Coral .
They are non Photo Coral so lighting Is not needed in fact it is harmfull to them as they love dark and low to Moderit flow .
they are felter feeders .
You know that the 15k blub is gona be blue right ?
Other than that would you mind posting your tank specs like Hight and all that ?

[mitchmac]

no i didnt know that the light would be blue...will that cause any problems keeping corals everyone else i have talked to has said that 15000K will be more the sufficient for my tank ... the specs are whatever a 35 gal hex is ... LOL im not at home to measure or i would but yes i have about 15 LBS LS and about 30LBS LR in the tank ... i have a maximas clam some mushrooms some buton polyps some xenia some of the hidden cup's an anemone millipora a clown fish a blue tang and a banggai Cardinal .. a couple emerald crabs a skunk shrimp a couple troch snails a turbo about 12 blue leg hermits lol i mean i have a decent tank running just want more then a 96W fixture on 35 G...that cuts my WPG down to like 2.7 and if i go with the 250 W i will be back to like 7.1 WPG and when i had the 96W on my 10 G ( which i switchd over to the 35G about 2 weeks ago ) everything was loving the 10 G and everything is still doing verry well in my 35 even the clam which i had my doubts about ... im running a 2x 96W dual 50/50 on a 35 G Hex...and everything is growing and oppening up fully i do a water change once a week of about 3 G and i just add a few drops of chemicals to the water when i change it out...i havent had any cyno or any problems since the ten G first cycled...i mean nothing ... no ick nor slime algea no pests...nothing everything is loving it ... i top off and use RO water for the changes i don dose i dont have a skimmer anymore i dont have a sump i just do water changes every 5 days or 7 days and everything is fine...i use instant ocean reefcrystals as a salt and truthfully i havent tested the water since i got the new one up and running .... i keep my temp around 79 but its summer so ive seen it jump to 84-86 on me and everything still is doing fine...my SG is right around .025-.026 Salinity at like 30-32 i think cant rememebr ... im going to have to do a test this weekend and il post...but what about the lights...i mean i wouldnt mind the blue i think it would be hot on my tank i always liked it when i seen it in stores i just wanna know if it will effect my corals at all i mean w/ the wattage it should do more good then harm...right ?


here are pics of the 35 G that i have ....

[mitchmac]

o and also since i have specs lol i have a hydor 240 PH in there 2 550 PH at the top n the hydor is int he middle you can see it on the side...a emporer 280 filter with bio wheel THAT I DO USE !!! i have heard may ppl say take it out but i have always used one and have never had any problems with it ... dose anyone know what the problem with them are ? i thought they were good for keeping a good source of bacteria in your system ... so whats the deal with ppl saying they are bad and should not be used???

[mitchmac]

o and as for the hidden cup corals...they are in a shadow but they will not open up when the lights are on ... they started growing in my 10 G when the lighting was 9.6 W a gallon...so im sure they will survive the 2.7 i have now and the 7 im going up to they will just open at night ... im pretty much only keeping filter feeders in the tank ... im not a fan of stoneys and other hard corals xcept gargonias...and of course acropora and milli pora...but i like mushrooms and maybe a chili coral or somethign like that lol idk i am not new new to this but i dont have years experience i just watch things and if everythign is good i dont change a thing ... i just keep on doing the same things ive been doing which is mostly chemicals adn water changes...i always have questions so the more feedback the merrier for me i suppose lol