Mushrrom help

[mathias]

give me the rock :)


WELCOME TO MAAST.....

have you did a water test?

[CD]

Welcome to MAAST, EXVISOR13 :D

In order to figure out what is going on with you mushroom, some information will help:

1. Is there anything else in your tank besides the mushroom? If yes, how do these item(s) look?
2. What are your water params (salinity, ammonia, nitrates, nitrites, PH, Ca, phosphates, etc...)?
3. What is your water temp.?
4. What kind of filtration do you have?
5. What kind of lighting do you have?
6. Flow? (powerheads)
7. Do you keep a refugium and or sump?

Answers to these questions will give us a good idea of your set up, and what may be causing the problem. Also, if there is any way possible for you to post a picture of the mushroom(s) in question, that would help too.

Wendy

[GaryP]

The info Wendy discussed is important but in my experience they just sometimes do that. Make sure you don't have a lot of current blowing on it.
By the way, 3-4 inches is not really big. This is big.

[NaCl_H2O]

Whew ... I was a little worried about what picture Gary was going to post :roll

[don-n-sa]

Whew ... I was a little worried about what picture Gary was going to post :roll


ROFLMAO,ROFLMAO,ROFLMAO,ROFLMAO,ROFLMAO, :D :D :D

now that is funny

[MikeDeL]

Whew ... I was a little worried about what picture Gary was going to post :roll

....... I dont get it. LMAO

[GaryP]

The first time I posted the pic didn't come up. I had to go back into edit and try to get the pic posted. All they saw was "this is big."

[NaCl_H2O]

The first time I posted the pic didn't come up. I had to go back into edit and try to get the pic posted. All they saw was "this is big."

Yea, that's when I saw it. After a minute or two ... I just had this picture in my head of you trying to focus the digital camera :unsure :blink

[::pete::]

Whew ... I was a little worried about what picture Gary was going to post :roll

Me too!!! :D

Its good it wasnt that speedo one .... again!!

[Tim Marvin]

Well providing the Phosphate and calcium readings are switched sounds like everything is fine. Leathers can handle a pretty strong flow, and the yellow Fiji leather actually need it to thrive. Does the leather have pretty good flow on it? It is important to keep it clean. Does the surface have a shiny look to it? They usually get a shiny greyish look before shedding.

[GaryP]

Some of the corals you named have sweeper tentacles that come out at night and can sting corals surrounding them. The Hammer and Bubble you mentioned come to mind. Keep that in mind. Is this a brown or golden toadstool? I read something recently about a parasite that preys on the golden variety. If its not drooping I wouldn't worry about it. It may have obtained some minor injuries from being moved and just recovering from it. Be paitent. Like I said earlier do not put a lot of flow on it. It does better with low to medium flow. I shocked mine once by putting a power head nearby. These guys can also produce toxins that can effect other corals. For that reason I run carbon in the tank my big guy is in.

[Tim Marvin]

Good point on the sweepers, but put it in the highest flow in your tank. You tanks sounds like it is all low flow at best. I have a bunch of frags of this leather in a tank that has around 40 gallons and a stream 6060 in there. Medium flow depends on who's perspective. I have always grown out the frags of these corals in high flow to most peoples standards, medium flow to mine. If it is sitting in a place were the water seems to barely move around your going to have problems. I sold my mother colony last year and it had a head of around 19-21 inch across the top.

[Tim Marvin]

Look up sarcophyton trocheliophorum. I would move it to heavier flow to help shed the outer layer. You can also use a turkey baster to remove the old skin. If it can't shed, it will rot.

[GaryP]

Also, I don't know if the UV sterilizer is doing you any good. From what I have read about sarcophyton (toadstool leathers) the idea is that they mainly absorb little stuff like bacteria as food. If the UV is killing the bacteria its not going to get food. Besides, from what I know about UV is that unless you don't maintain them very regularly they are pretty much totally ineffective. The tube on them becomes filmed up and the light isn't allowed to get to the water.

[GaryP]

Yea, its primarily photosynthetic so the light is good. It can't get everything it needs just from light though, that's where the bacteria and organic nutrients comes in.

[Tim Marvin]

I agree with Gary, I'd yank the UV. It is hard to say with the flow since I can't actually see it. Flow is a sensitive issue, everyone has a different definition of what low and high flow is. I have some corals right in front of a tunze stream 6080. High flow to me means it has to be well achored to a rock or it will be blown away, and low flow means it only needs a small rock the size of a ping pong ball to keep it in place. So useing these definitions then yes, low to med flow is fine for the leather. I have a feeling though that you can put a small rock any place in your tank and it will stay put. I'm not trying to be mean, just trying to picture the amount of water movement.

[GaryP]

I would define low to medium flow as things gently swaying as opposed to being bent over with flow.

[GaryP]

I have been feeding it some micro plankin per the fish store ,been doing it like a few times a week

A toadstool won't eat anything that large but other corals will. Most corals are very specific about what size foods they eat.

[Tim Marvin]

useing GaryP's movement definitions, move it to a high flow place.