Hi! I'm brand new here but have been on other sw forums for the past few months. (Under the same name)
Anyway, I've had my BC29 up and running since the middle of December. I bought a 75 gallon that came with some damsels, coral and live rock, so I put it all in the 29 until I get the 75 up and running. Anyway.
Current stock:
1 blue fin damsel (I'm actually not exactly sure what kind he is ... I rehomed the others)
1 conch (about an inch or so)
1 nassarius (maybe? Haven't seen him since I put him in)
1 nerite
2 ceriths
1 astraea
1 spiny star astraea
1 cat's eye turbo
1 Mexican turbo
Possibly a banded trochus or two, but I haven't seen them lately and do have a couple empty shells (but I also have random shells for my hermits so ... )
And 2 hermits. 1 blue leg and 1 red something.
Corals:
Mushroom rock and 3 frags
Several zoa frags
Trumpet frag
3 acan frags
Large purple tip hammer frag
Duncan frag
And a recovering sun coral (I'm an idiot and apparently tried to kill it!)
Tank info:
Bio cube 29 gallon
Stock fluorescent lighting with night blue led
Jebao wavemaker
Sunsun JVP 110 powerhead
ATO
Upgraded return pump but I'm not sure what it is (came with tank)
Mini canister filter with purigen and phosguard
Nitrate removing pad that gets rinsed daily.
Chaeto in lighted sump
Other macro algae in tank
Reef crystals
Filtered water (eco Smarte whole home water filter. No additives from filter. Don't have an RODI system yet)
Parameters as of yesterday (before 20ish % WC)
pH 8.1
Am 0.1 (API test so probably zero)
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20? (If I held it out it looked like 10, pressed against card looked like 30)
Alk 9
Salinity 1.025
Phos 0.233
Calc 440
Mag 1170
(I've been working to get alk, calc and mag in synch. Reef crystals have helped but mag still too low. Started dosing fluval sea mag yesterday.)
So there is the background. My question is:
Is there anything I can do for this mushroom?! It was on a rock by itself and another rock had 2 of the same kind (I think!) when I got the tank. They seemed to be doing well and one was even splitting (maybe?) then all of the sudden they seemed to start dying. The ones from the other rock have completely released and I think one is floating around the tank but I can't find it. This one is still hanging on but doesn't even really look like a mushroom anymore. It's definitely not the same color. They were a vibrant green color rather than this bleached fluorescent lime color. I moved it into a somewhat shady area hoping that might help but it's continued to decline. Other than the sun coral I tried to kill, everything seems to be doing well. I do have 1 zoa frag that I'm not sure will make it but it has not done well since I got it.
Anyway ... what can I do, if anything?
This is when I got them ...
And this is now ...
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Anyway, I've had my BC29 up and running since the middle of December. I bought a 75 gallon that came with some damsels, coral and live rock, so I put it all in the 29 until I get the 75 up and running. Anyway.
Current stock:
1 blue fin damsel (I'm actually not exactly sure what kind he is ... I rehomed the others)
1 conch (about an inch or so)
1 nassarius (maybe? Haven't seen him since I put him in)
1 nerite
2 ceriths
1 astraea
1 spiny star astraea
1 cat's eye turbo
1 Mexican turbo
Possibly a banded trochus or two, but I haven't seen them lately and do have a couple empty shells (but I also have random shells for my hermits so ... )
And 2 hermits. 1 blue leg and 1 red something.
Corals:
Mushroom rock and 3 frags
Several zoa frags
Trumpet frag
3 acan frags
Large purple tip hammer frag
Duncan frag
And a recovering sun coral (I'm an idiot and apparently tried to kill it!)
Tank info:
Bio cube 29 gallon
Stock fluorescent lighting with night blue led
Jebao wavemaker
Sunsun JVP 110 powerhead
ATO
Upgraded return pump but I'm not sure what it is (came with tank)
Mini canister filter with purigen and phosguard
Nitrate removing pad that gets rinsed daily.
Chaeto in lighted sump
Other macro algae in tank
Reef crystals
Filtered water (eco Smarte whole home water filter. No additives from filter. Don't have an RODI system yet)
Parameters as of yesterday (before 20ish % WC)
pH 8.1
Am 0.1 (API test so probably zero)
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20? (If I held it out it looked like 10, pressed against card looked like 30)
Alk 9
Salinity 1.025
Phos 0.233
Calc 440
Mag 1170
(I've been working to get alk, calc and mag in synch. Reef crystals have helped but mag still too low. Started dosing fluval sea mag yesterday.)
So there is the background. My question is:
Is there anything I can do for this mushroom?! It was on a rock by itself and another rock had 2 of the same kind (I think!) when I got the tank. They seemed to be doing well and one was even splitting (maybe?) then all of the sudden they seemed to start dying. The ones from the other rock have completely released and I think one is floating around the tank but I can't find it. This one is still hanging on but doesn't even really look like a mushroom anymore. It's definitely not the same color. They were a vibrant green color rather than this bleached fluorescent lime color. I moved it into a somewhat shady area hoping that might help but it's continued to decline. Other than the sun coral I tried to kill, everything seems to be doing well. I do have 1 zoa frag that I'm not sure will make it but it has not done well since I got it.
Anyway ... what can I do, if anything?
This is when I got them ...
And this is now ...
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