Live Rock!

[kelstorm]

If you're interested we can arrange a day for you to come down to my place (Pasir Panjang) to take a look.

Kelvin: thanks for the reminder!! Almost forgot!! Haha, then the extra rocks will just become garden decorations.


BTW, any idea how come some mushrooms I see in HL's display tank seem to be so large and stand so tall? Can it be the MH lighting used? Really quite impressive. Also heard that iodine supplements do this to mushrooms too. If I go crazy over mushrooms I might just stock my tank up with mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms and nothing else. []

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i thinkn pasir panjang is a bit out for me.. hahah..and dun u think those garden rocks are a bit ex? anyway.. they will die.. and ur garden will produce a smell not worth mentioned.. and it does not smell like Fahrenheit of Christian Dior.. []

welcome to mushroom collectors.. me advocate soft corals.. from i what know from those using MH, their mushrooms does the same thing..occasionally, i see my mushrooms do that in my tank.. and me is using FL tubes.. reason, i'm not so sure.. but they do bloom right? i dun think it could be due to lack of lights intensity leh.. do let me know should u find out.. me learning too..[]

if u really into mushrooms, next time me go to importers farms.. i can get them for u.. nice and cheap... that is if u trust my taste...[]

[DragonGoby]

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if u really into mushrooms, next time me go to importers farms.. i can get them for u.. nice and cheap... that is if u trust my taste...[]
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Haha, nice to know you're into shrooms too!! No prob, but where do you live? HL stocks some nice ones, but are the usual colouration - green, striped and brown. Do you have any purple/blue/red mushrooms? Those are damn pretty .. but I expect them to cost a bomb too, if in the first place they are available here. Wong Loy Kee had a single specimen of a giant mushroom a couple of weeks ago - fingers itching to grab it, but at that time the tank was not fully setup ... sayang lah.


I've also seen some whitish/translucent ones before - any idea if they are supposed to look like that, or are they just bleached? The same goes for a couple of open brains I've seen. They are chio, but just scared that the algae in them has been bleached.

Regards,
Hong Yee
Regards,
Hong Yee

[kelstorm]

No prob, but where do you live? HL stocks some nice ones, but are the usual colouration - green, striped and brown. Do you have any purple/blue/red mushrooms? Those are damn pretty .. but I expect them to cost a bomb too, if in the first place they are available here.
i stay in amk.. should i go down.. i give u a call first.. and let u know.. give me your contact number.. coz i should be going down in mid may.. after my exams.. oh yes.. i do have purple and orange color mushrooms.. i have orange tinted mushrooms too.. [] they cost ard $15+ each.. and it is definitely much bigger than what is available in the farms.. they charge according to pieces and species.. not the size as to what the farms does.. and since it is an importers place.. it really depends on the luck... [] sometimes when i go down.. i dun get anything as well.. coz the shipment is gone and the leftovers are urghs... like those brown and green ones... if u like huge green mushrooms, i have seen some that is the ard 5 inches across.. mostly deep or luminous green in color.. but they dun carry hard corals.. oh yes.. they supply to Underwater World, Sentosa...

How big is your tank and how old is it? if it is like 6 months old.. u can start to stock up alredy.. i stock up my tank after it is like 1 month old.. and nowadays, i stock up only when i see nice stuff..

Try not to go for those whitish color corals.. chances are they have lost the zooxanthellae and will eventually starts to decline.. as for the hard corals.. perhaps spiff can help u.. he is into hard corals.. he should be able to help u better.. as i dun have much experience with hard corals..[:]

[IcecruncherZ]

Hehehz I Love em too!

Got green striped
Large brown ones...
Got orange ones...
Red Ones...
Blue spotted...
Blue striped...

I got Jade Recordias...

Orange Ricordias... 20bucks Per shroom... total of 5 shrooms so...

Orange with skyblue bullseyes...

And also got Tonga Purple Bullseye!

Just depends on your luck lor...

[DragonGoby]

ARGHHHHH!!!! I'M JEALOUS!!!!!!! []

Kelvin: My tank's about 5-6 weeks old now, and my mushroom's doing very well now, fully expands and even budded off, haha. Tomorrow's payday (aka Buy-More-Stuff Day), and I suppose I'll go get myself more rock first tomorrow to finish sculpting the rockwork. Planning to use a spur-and-lock design with a large area of sand in the middle, but dunno if I can pull it off. Ice, I'm also definitely jealous of u. Did you get your purples etc. from Kelvin's source too?

I'd definitely be game for the shrooms you mentioned, Kelvin - the green giant shrooms and most definitely and unusual colours you can get hold of. Mid-may would be an excellent timing too -gives my tank more time to cycle, and for once I can put off buying any stuff for the time being in anticipation of getting the stock from you, haha! In case you need to contact me, my hp. no's 96624477.

Aiyah - more questions liao - hope you guys don't mind me asking and asking and asking ... Just wondering if we have access to any other detrivore snails other than turbos, which really get quite large. My turbo was spewing out some stuff today, and after reading up a bit, it seems that the guy was actually spawning. Eeeew ... a bit early for my young tank yah? Probably won't be hoping to see baby snails popping up, but it was exciting all the same.

Regards,
Hong Yee

[Spiff]

here a pic of my diy overflow box
http://grouplinks.eastciti.com/group...mp;albumid=670

[Spiff]

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On 4/9/2002 8:50:49 PM

Probably won't be hoping to see baby snails popping up, but it was exciting all the same.

Regards,
Hong Yee
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ya i got hundreds of tiny astreas after 2 spawns!

[kelstorm]

Tomorrow's payday (aka Buy-More-Stuff Day), and I suppose I'll go get myself more rock first tomorrow to finish sculpting the rockwork
if u must buy something.. get only the best ones.. stock up slowly.. get only the best..will help u to get the nicest ones ard...[] and ice did not get the stock from me.. but must tell u this first.. i do not guarantee u that there is nice rare and colorful one.. if have, must be healthy then i will collect and get them for u.. ok?

Ice.. for $20 a mushroom.. u are nuts.. me got mine for ard each mushroom rock for $15-20...

[IcecruncherZ]

Aiyahz... for Purple based Orange Recordias lehz... hahaz...

Aiyahz just let the Old Ah Pek whack me once lor... since i doubt I'll see those shrooms ever again... =(

Yahz Kelvin is right... save space and get only really beautiful and colourful stuff... else you'd start to realise that your tank is pretty drab... with only greens and browns...

good luck shroom hunting!

Anione for Zooanthias polyps!?