Diary of a freebie Rhodactis sp

[Gillybaby]

Well, I'll try and get this forum rolling, seeing as I like me mushies.

When I started my first tank I managed to get 12kg of live rock from someone breaking down their tank and got some mushie hitchikers. Most didn't survive my new tank but this one did and it has yet to stop growing 2 years down the line :eek:

Here's the diary of my monsta mushie:

Here it is the day I got the liverock on 9 Sep 04 (bad pic I know but you can just make it out, its about the size of a 5p):
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h319/gillybaby75/09Sep04.jpg

10 Jan 05:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h319/gillybaby75/10Jan05.jpg

5 Feb 05:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h319/gillybaby75/5Feb05.jpg

[Gillybaby]

15 Mar 05:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h319/gillybaby75/15Mar05.jpg

20 Jul 05:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h319/gillybaby75/20Jul05.jpg

6 Aug 05:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h319/gillybaby75/06Aug05.jpg

13 Nov 05 (its starting to get so big its now annoying my monti so it has to move):
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h319/gillybaby75/13Nov05.jpg

[Gillybaby]

And on 6 Apr 06 moved to its current location:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h319/gillybaby75/06Apr06.jpg

The mushie has grown a wee bit since that last picture and is now about 10" in diameter. We also have several babies that have grown up underneath it. As its a Rhodactis sp I keep it well fed on raw tiger prawn just in case it gets hungry and decides to take one of my smaller fish. Especially as my red spot blenny keeps teasing it by sitting right inside and letting it close completely round him before making his escape :rolleyes:

Anyone else got monsta mushies?

[celtic fish]

magnificant!

[Tangman]

Thats a beauty Gilly just shows what a bit of TLC can do. Eric

[liquidlogic]

blimy!!! nice 1

[Tetley]

Very nice indeed.

ATB


Ian

[wakeyblue]

looks great gilly impressive
john

[callum_parsons]

fantastic lookin mushie
i can see why u love them so much

[Mantis147]

Nice mushroom!

Ive got a mushie growing on a peice of LR at the moment and its grown about 1" in a month:) Doesnt look as good as yours though!

[dollydip]

WOW gilly that is very nice and unusual i have some that are slightly different they are realy nice under actinics

[stevieh]

you can't beat a freebie:):):)