Blue Frogspawn Rhodactis

[Mental1]

I am thinking of buying two of these -- I know there is no such thing -- think of the label as a selling label or descriptor versus an id. I am trying to figure out what kind of a Rhodactis they are if anyone can help.

Here's a link:

http://reefready.net/rr2/

[Mental1]

the link just takes you to the site -- you have to go to softies and then these guys are on the second page.

[Mental1]

Never mind -- I guess it's a Yuma.

[Azurel]

Nope not a yuma but a Blue frilly or sometimes called Hairy mushroom.....Pretty nice color as well.

[Mental1]

Are the hairy mushrooms as aggressive as they sound? Do you really have to be careful with them? I am rethinking my planned purchase ....

[Azurel]

They can be, I think if I saw that one at an LFS I would buy it in a second.....I would just make sure I put it in an area that will keep it from touching other stuff and give it some room to split a few times......If it was me and I saw that I would pick it up just cause those blue ones like that are so pretty.

[Mental1]

That's why I am so tempted. So it sounds like I need to make a little island for them .. maybe I should just buy one. They are very cool looking. Is there anything else I need to know about them? When they get big the est fish don't they? Are the crabs safe? Or are they just aggressive with other corals?

[juniormc8704]

i got one at a trop a couple weeks ago, its about 3 inches at least. they have a ton more.

[FroggyFeet]

Those look really nice might need to pick one up to throw in my mushroom collection. I wonder if that blue is that stunning in real life? Hey juniormc8704 where did you order your's from? Thanks for the info.

[Mental1]

Well -- I went for it -- will be getting them next Thursday. Will let you know. Froggyfeet? A 6 thousand gallon tank? Is that for your mushroom collection? Or is it work?

[FroggyFeet]

The 6 thousand is my tank at work. I work at the Raddisson and get to run the sucker all by myself! :) It's a great college job haha. I want to put this rhodactis in my 65 at home though to answer your question.

Thanks for the reply!

[Mental1]

Cool -- I will post a picture of these babies after they arrive and rest up! My camera stinks and the one I want is $1500 so I have to stop buying coral! The reason for saying this -- is that the color will be duller ... but we will see what happens! Sounds like a fun job but why the haha --- still doing it after college? What are you 50 or something!!!!

[FroggyFeet]

Nah I just got really lucky and was talking to my girlfriend one day about the fish. The kid that was working on it was like hmm seems like you know a lot want a job? I could'nt really refuse and now I get to work on a huge tank, and I'm but a wee baby coming in on the age scale at 24 :).