My rhodactis

Whisperer · #1 08/26/2007, 05:16 PM

Who's got some? Please show and tell.

aquarius77 · #2 08/26/2007, 06:37 PM

I dont, but id sure like to get a frag of whatever that mess of color is.

Did you photoshop enhance that or what? I cant recall ever seeing anything quite like that.

I want one!

currentking · #3 08/26/2007, 09:13 PM

wow....now that one that I dont have. I would trade my girlfriend for one of those...

gh0st · #4 08/27/2007, 09:19 AM

Very interesting.

Whisperer · #5 08/27/2007, 02:00 PM

I had to "quick fix" it because the pic was taken at night with a flash and the pic turned out too dark. The shroom looks that way in person, under lights. I have an old pic when the original piece was just a nickel size and it was the same coloration as the above pic. I have 3 pieces in that rock now and I placed a piece of oyster shell to the right so I can have several colonies in different places in my tank. The biggest piece at the top is about 2.5 - 3 inches in diameter when fully open. It would be nice to have more in different places in my tank. Thanks guys.

Appaloosa1224 · #6 08/27/2007, 04:45 PM

very cool colors! mine are similar ut with less orange and not quite as shaggy. i think they are rhodactis.

then ihave these. not sure if they are rhodactis though

Whisperer · #7 08/27/2007, 05:03 PM

Appaloosa, nice rhodactis you have. Mine have those branching "tentacles" and very striking rainbow colors as you can see in the pic. I want to propagate these. It would be interesting to see a mat of these beauties. I have 3 so far. It started with a tiny piece the size of an eraserhead. Hopefully it will multiply faster now that there are 3.

stingythingy45 · #8 08/30/2007, 08:52 AM

Some aren't doing as good lately.......don't know why.

Whisperer · #9 08/31/2007, 10:10 AM

Hi stingy, your rhodactis look healthy. I have been thinking placing mine very low in the tank floor just to see if the colors will get better.

Landolakes · #10 08/31/2007, 08:02 PM

First born for frag?

Whisperer · #11 09/01/2007, 07:07 PM

Landolakes, I am allowing nature take its course. I am not going to frag artificially because I want to see how big they can get before they spread. So far, there are 3. I just placed them on top of several plugs on the tank floor hoping they will spread. The nice thing I noticed is that when they are all open, you cannot tell each individual shroom. It looks like a colorful rug

I will keep you in mind when I am ready to part with the frags.