I don't really know where mushrooms would fit in, corals or anemones. I have this mushroom that the store owner called a purple pimple. It was green and had purple pimple looking spots. it's starting to turn pale and white in the center. am I doing something wrong? I feed it and change the water regularly, I have MH and actinic lighting. help. I have also had problems with anemones, but before I got the new light. I'm confused.
mushrooms?
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yungreefer2410
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how old is the tank? water parems? make sure mushroom is far down in tank. it could be bleaching
75reef
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some mushrroms can be VERY sensitive to light. They will sometimes bleech like that and then eventually die. If they are not at the bottom of the tank already, move them there and you very well may have to even cover them a bit so they are just getting indirect light for a few weeks or so. You will have to gradually get them adjusted to the intense MH lighting. Hope that helps...
Josh
Josh
Josh is correct. I put some that were in a tank with PC lights into my 90g tank that has MH's and T5's and all of the shrooms shriveled up for weeks and finally started literally moving to darker sections of the tank. Now they are ALL in teh shade and some of them almost in the DARK.
Holy COW! You need to test your water parameters TODAY! That's a lot of organics to be putting into any tank. What other corals do you have?
I suspect you will see some of your water parameters are elevated due to the liquid foods you're using. Do you have any algae issues at all?
I suspect you will see some of your water parameters are elevated due to the liquid foods you're using. Do you have any algae issues at all?
no algae problems. when I got the mh lights all algae disapeared. I asked a friend what he doses because he has the same setup as I do and his is pefect never a problem. But I have had problems with everything from anemone's to corals even most of the fish I buy end up dead. I can't figure it out, and we use the same water too.
Do you have your OWN test kits or are you getting it tested at the LFS?
If you're having this many problems your best bet is to try and get this tank under control. Don't add anything (not even a ROCK) new to this tank until it's sorted out. Your money is earned and too hard to come by to just keep tossing it away not to mention the animals that perish right now.
Let's see if we can figure this out and get you stabilized and in control
If you're having this many problems your best bet is to try and get this tank under control. Don't add anything (not even a ROCK) new to this tank until it's sorted out. Your money is earned and too hard to come by to just keep tossing it away not to mention the animals that perish right now.
Let's see if we can figure this out and get you stabilized and in control
LPS_Blasto
Member
You need to test the following parameters daily and record the data in a log book.
Ammonia
Nitrite
Nitrate
pH
Magnesium
Iodine
Calcium
Alkalinity
Dissolved oxygen
Stability over the long haul is the best way to see your reef color up and grow.
Stop dosing. Stop adding any chemicals to the tank.
I'd be changing about 10% per week. If your water chemistry is whacked out, then I'd go about 20% every 4 days until it gets back to normal.
Ammonia
Nitrite
Nitrate
pH
Magnesium
Iodine
Calcium
Alkalinity
Dissolved oxygen
Stability over the long haul is the best way to see your reef color up and grow.
Stop dosing. Stop adding any chemicals to the tank.
I'd be changing about 10% per week. If your water chemistry is whacked out, then I'd go about 20% every 4 days until it gets back to normal.