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Bubble mushroom Bleaching/ New Addition pictures
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 3:43 pm
by SammyDee
Hey everyone. I got these two lil baby Bubble mushrooms and theyve been great up till this last week. Theyve be in the tank for about 5-6 weeks. Well it was a vibrant color before with fat inflated bubbles all over it but lately this past week its hunched over and is pure white. IDK what went wrong. I have a T5 HO light on my tank. My other corals seem well except these guys. Any suggestions ill try to add a pic in a min...
Re: Bubble mushroom Bleaching??
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 3:58 pm
by SammyDee
Re: Bubble mushroom Bleaching??
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 3:59 pm
by SammyDee
Sorry the second pics blurry but hopefully you still see the size and color difference
Re: Bubble mushroom Bleaching??
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 4:57 pm
by Mek0ng
Thats a ricordea.
How is the mushroom above it? How long have you had the ricordea? It looks like it might not be attached?
Re: Bubble mushroom Bleaching??
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 7:03 pm
by jdak
Did this happen when you added new lights? Just an observation of your other post...
Re: Bubble mushroom Bleaching??
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 7:27 pm
by SammyDee
Yes its attached and didnt start till I added my new lights
Re: Bubble mushroom Bleaching??
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 7:30 pm
by SammyDee
The mushroom above is doing awesome. Bigger and greener than when I bought it.
I just got back from LFS and I showed them the pictures and water too. Water was good. THey said sometimes it just happens. To take it out or try to save it. But most likely too far along to survive. I dont understand why it happened....
Re: Bubble mushroom Bleaching??
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 7:50 pm
by Mek0ng
SammyDee wrote:Yes its attached and didnt start till I added my new lights
So you added stronger lights and then it bleached? When increasing the amount of light, use window type screens over the tank to reduce light and every few days take one off so that the corals can get useto the brighter light.
Re: Bubble mushroom Bleaching??
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 7:56 pm
by SammyDee
Ok ThX NO one told about that I just slowly increased from A few hours a day to 12 hours a day of light.
Re: Bubble mushroom Bleaching??
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 8:26 pm
by SammyDee
Re: Bubble mushroom Bleaching??
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 8:29 pm
by jdak
What kind of mushroom is that other one? I have one. Liveaquaria calls it a hairy mushroom. Mine can get to 7" diameter somedays. Started out looking like yours.
Re: Bubble mushroom Bleaching/ New Addition pictures
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 8:32 pm
by SammyDee
YEp when I bought it it was like 1.5" somedays now its 4".
It is a hairy mushroom...
Re: Bubble mushroom Bleaching/ New Addition pictures
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 8:33 pm
by SammyDee
See how I pimped that snail shell LOL
Re: Bubble mushroom Bleaching/ New Addition pictures
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 8:40 pm
by jdak
I saw something... is that a zoo? I've actually just increased lighting on my tank and i have a few coral not responding so great as well.
Re: Bubble mushroom Bleaching/ New Addition pictures
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 8:41 pm
by SammyDee
LOL yea