reefgeek84 Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Well, I am setting up my small cube to house fish and Yumas...I have never really gotten into teaching myself about the care for these things. From my understanding, like tend to prefer higher light over other mushrooms, but how high of light, would a couple of cheaper t-5 fixtures work or do I need to use one of my 150w halides...I am really trying to avoid using a chiller, so that is why I would like to not go with a halide... Any help and info. would be great, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Mine do well high up under pc lighting and also at mid tank level under T5s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Mine are on the bottom of a 22"-24" tank with the 400w MH being 8-9" above the water. Doing fine, but not really reproducing fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 Mine are on the bottom of a 22"-24" tank with the 400w MH being 8-9" above the water. Doing fine' date=' but not really reproducing fast.[/quote'] Interesting...do you feed them at all? I have heard that feeding them may help with reproduction, or do you think alot of that has to do with light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 Mine do well high up under pc lighting and also at mid tank level under T5s. Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Interesting...do you feed them at all? I have heard that feeding them may help with reproduction' date=' or do you think alot of that has to do with light?[/quote'] I DO NOT target feed. So I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 I DO NOT target feed. So I'm not sure. Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Mine are on the sandbed below my T5s. I do not target feed but they catch food i feed the fish sometimes. If you really want them to spread, just cut a small piece of the foot with a razon blade. The small piece will become a new ric. Or you might get lucky like me and have 1 yuma walk around giving you tons of little babies. The key is keeping them contained on their own rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 Mine are on the sandbed below my T5s. I do not target feed but they catch food i feed the fish sometimes. If you really want them to spread' date=' just cut a small piece of the foot with a razon blade. The small piece will become a new ric. Or you might get lucky like me and have 1 yuma walk around giving you tons of little babies. The key is keeping them contained on their own rock.[/quote'] Thanks...Looks like I am going to go with a t-5 set up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Have them under t-5 at the bottom and middle, and I have them in a nano with pc, they seem to do the best in the t-5 light at the bottom in my tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 Have them under t-5 at the bottom and middle' date=' and I have them in a nano with pc, they seem to do the best in the t-5 light at the bottom in my tanks.[/quote'] Nice, thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Its too bad heat is a concern. I think that they look best under halides. They should grow well either way. Cutting a piece of the foot is what I have done with all my mushrooms to get them to reproduce. It works great 95% of the time. Sometimes it does nothing. pc's are nice because of the cost to run them and the low heat, but rics are so colorful they just aren't done true justice without a nice halide IMO. Goodluck and I look forward to seeing lots of pics. Garrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 Its too bad heat is a concern. I think that they look best under halides. They should grow well either way. Cutting a piece of the foot is what I have done with all my mushrooms to get them to reproduce. It works great 95% of the time. Sometimes it does nothing. pc's are nice because of the cost to run them and the low heat, but rics are so colorful they just aren't done true justice without a nice halide IMO. Goodluck and I look forward to seeing lots of pics. Garrett Yeah, I would like a halide, but I just do not have the money for a chiller at this point in time...wish I did, the chiller, I have I thought would work, but I was wrong on the size of it, so it will not work... it is going to be a bit before it gets going... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Your not doing that 3 150w MH setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 Your not doing that 3 150w MH setup? I am setting up my 37gal cube, for just yumas and some more aggressive fish... I have the 150w pendants that I converted them to 250w's...But the Yumas, are not going into that one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Ahh nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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