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post #1 of 11
12/17/10 at 9:13pm
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I am having some trouble with 2 of my corals.

 

1st  is a bubble it seems to be coming right off the rock it was on.( just peeling away)

 

2nd   is my mushroom  i have 2 on one rock ( about a year old) they seem to be shrinking .

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post #2 of 11
12/17/10 at 9:24pm

Have you tested your water?   How is the flow on the bubble?

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post #3 of 11
12/18/10 at 6:12am

+1 on water tests and have you changed anything lately

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post #4 of 11
12/18/10 at 6:17am
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Originally Posted by u mike View Post

I am having some trouble with 2 of my corals.

 

1st  is a bubble it seems to be coming right off the rock it was on.( just peeling away)

 

2nd   is my mushroom  i have 2 on one rock ( about a year old) they seem to be shrinking .



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Actually the bubble sounds like it is under too much water flow..and mushroms shrink and expand, so unless they lose color I wouldn't worry.

 

Adjust the power heads or move the bubble coral to a lower flowing spot.

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post #5 of 11
12/18/10 at 6:58am
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here are the # 's

 

nitrate   0

alk  1.7

ph   8.6

ammonia 0

caclium  400

 

will move to a lower spot.


 

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Have you tested your water?   How is the flow on the bubble?

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post #6 of 11
12/18/10 at 7:01am
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I do see a small change in color also one of the mushrooms came off the rock ( at one point there were 3 )
 

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Originally Posted by u mike View Post

I am having some trouble with 2 of my corals.

 

1st  is a bubble it seems to be coming right off the rock it was on.( just peeling away)

 

2nd   is my mushroom  i have 2 on one rock ( about a year old) they seem to be shrinking .



 wave.gif

 

Actually the bubble sounds like it is under too much water flow..and mushroms shrink and expand, so unless they lose color I wouldn't worry.

 

Adjust the power heads or move the bubble coral to a lower flowing spot.

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post #7 of 11
12/18/10 at 1:54pm
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here is a couple of pics  not the best but I think you will get the point2010_1219fish0071.JPG2010_1219fish0073.JPG

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post #8 of 11
12/18/10 at 2:25pm

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I have never seen a musroom look like that. Mine get tiny then fluff out even changes in color but nothing like that. I see your PH is high, maybe do a water change and lower it to 8.0 - 8.2

 

IMO I think the bubble is either being nipped at and eaten, or it is too high of water flow, the bubbles remaining look healthy.

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post #9 of 11
12/18/10 at 4:28pm
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that mushroom at one time was just about covering the rock it is on.

 

I have 20 gal of water getting ready for a change . 
 

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shrug.gif

 

I have never seen a musroom look like that. Mine get tiny then fluff out even changes in color but nothing like that. I see your PH is high, maybe do a water change and lower it to 8.0 - 8.2

 

IMO I think the bubble is either being nipped at and eaten, or it is too high of water flow, the bubbles remaining look healthy.

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post #10 of 11
12/18/10 at 5:47pm

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Keep us posted, so that’s all that’s left, one sad looking little mushroom? man, I thought they were like the invincible coral that could take just about anything..poor little thing. I hate it when coral dies, it’s always this slow steady deterioration.

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post #11 of 11
12/26/10 at 5:39am

your alc and cal readings are both low to have a ph as high as yours can you have your water tested by  someone else? also are you dosing other chemicals?

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