[IceMan]

my mushrooms are drawnup, norm do at night but they are staying this way or rather some are. green stripe is drawn only have one of those, marbled shrooms two larger ones drawn, smaller ones seem fine

46 bowfront, 20g sump, 10g fuge, apx. 80 lb LR, 50 lb LS 4 x 96w pc lights (2 Dual Daylight (10,000K & 6,700K), 2 Dual Actinic (460nm & 420nm)
phos. = 0
nitrite = 0
amonia = 0
nitrate = 3
ph = 8.3
cal = 440
dKH = 10
SG = 1.023
water temp = 78

fish = 1 Y. tang, 2 false perculas, 1 bicolor blennie
inverts = astrea sail, turbo snails, nassariouse snails, a fighting conche, green brittle star, some o the lil brittle stars, a sandsifting star, blue leg hermits, coral banded shrimp, so many copepods they're bout to crawl out the tank
variouse corals ( didn't list as none are close to the effected mushrooms
dunno what other info i can offer

[eldalote2]

im pretty sure your nitrates are too high

[IceMan]

at 3??? thats practicaly non-existant! my fuge hasn't been setup but about a week now and i used seagrass instead of cheato ( kinda wish i'd went with th later. i think i might have spotted the problem though, spotted a small bristle worm ( lazy $%^#$ coral banded shrimp) but then i get conflicting info on bristle worms anyway, some say bad some say good!!!

[IceMan]

Originally Posted by IceMan

my mushrooms are drawnup, norm do at night but they are staying this way or rather some are. green stripe is drawn only have one of those, marbled shrooms two larger ones drawn, smaller ones seem fine

46 bowfront, 20g sump, 10g fuge, apx. 80 lb LR, 50 lb LS 4 x 96w pc lights (2 Dual Daylight (10,000K & 6,700K), 2 Dual Actinic (460nm & 420nm)
phos. = 0
nitrite = 0
amonia = 0
nitrate = 3
ph = 8.3
cal = 440
dKH = 10
SG = 1.023
water temp = 78

fish = 1 Y. tang, 2 false perculas, 1 bicolor blennie
inverts = astrea sail, turbo snails, nassariouse snails, a fighting conche, green brittle star, some o the lil brittle stars, a sandsifting star, blue leg hermits, coral banded shrimp, so many copepods they're bout to crawl out the tank
variouse corals ( didn't list as none are close to the effected mushrooms
dunno what other info i can offer

also forgot i have emerald crabs, i've seen them pluck at the shrooms didn't think they would hurt them tho.

[swansondan]

Your nitrates are fine. I would watch your emeralds if I was you. Mine were great for a few months and then started munching on my corals, destroyed my xenia. Your mushrooms could just be going through a shrunk up phase, every now and again mine kinda shrink up for a couple days but then they go back to normal. To me your test results look great!

Dan

[gramesy777]

I agree with Dan....your test results are good. Most corals go through a shrinking stage every so often. When they come out again I would bet they will grow very rapidly. My colt coral shrinks up twice a year and then opens up again and explodes with growth.

[eldalote2]

sorry about that dude...

[unclejed]

Hi ice, from experience I know that the older my lights got the bigger my shrooms got as if they were trying to get every bit of light they could. Another thing I've noticed is when I add a proper dose of iodine they really respond for awhile and when they started to act like yours I knew it was time to add a touch more, not a lot though.

[IceMan]

Originally Posted by eldalote2

sorry about that dude...

no need to appologize, i wasn't being snappy. well i didn't mean it to sound that way.

[IceMan]

Originally Posted by unclejed

Hi ice, from experience I know that the older my lights got the bigger my shrooms got as if they were trying to get every bit of light they could. Another thing I've noticed is when I add a proper dose of iodine they really respond for awhile and when they started to act like yours I knew it was time to add a touch more, not a lot though.

haven't dosed any yet though i have some, i haven't a test for it yet... need to get one.

[e_baer]

Ahhhh.....thats the reponsible reefer!!! Test before you dose


I think most corals do what your shrooms are doing. Shrink up for a day or 2 then open back up. Soft corals are notorious for that because they like to shed their skin about once a month or so.

[IceMan]

responsible i try to be, WORRIED of screwing up i got down pat.