talkalot82 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 So My twenty high tank PH 8.0, 0ppm ammonia, 0 ppm nitrate, 0ppm nitrites. salt is at 1.024. I have this one rock just this rock the mushrooms are puking brownish red stuff and then turning into mush out of no where. my other green mushrooms are having no problems and it startes a couple days ago. nothing in my tank has changed. Oh and lighting I have a metal halide 250 watts on for four hours and then two t5's go on for four hours. then off. my tank temp is 79 degrees. so why are they dying? I have tested my tank with two different types of test kits and they both read the same Oh ya nothing is around to sting them. the closes thing is a torch coral and he doesn't reach that far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Puking brownish red stuff sounds like they are expelling some zooxanthella - normal from time to time for softies and some LPS, but not if they are turning to mush. Are these smooth mushrooms or fuzzy shrooms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Got a picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Could be too much light, 250w mh is a bit much over a 20H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 the mushrooms are smooth green and they have been in the tank for years. same lighting. Haven't moved the rock. they just keep spreading through the tank until recently. its just this one rock all the others with the same mushrooms are fine. most of them have disappeared now on that rock and have been sucked up into my eheim I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Weird. Seems like maybe a predator or something. Can't think of other reasons it would be localized. (scratch) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bswe22 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 I have the my acans doing the same thing tonight. A slimmy brown looking stuff coming out of each one. I called Travis at Liquid Sunshine and he asked me if I feed them last night, which I did, he said it was them pooping out what they ate and not to worry. Maybe your mushrooms are doing the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkalot82 Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 All those green mushrooms are dead now on that rock. I don't have any clue. the others are still doing great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayTheSavageFraser Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I am sorry buddy! Bummer! If you want I can give you a couple of mine. They are the green hairy rodactus ones. Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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