coral not well

[u mike]

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 .

 

[meowzer]

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

 

[ibew41]

+1 on water tests and have you changed anything lately

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by u mike http:///forum/thread/382539/coral-not-well#post_3339144
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 .

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.

 

[u mike]

here are the # 's
nitrate 0
alk 1.7
ph 8.6
ammonia 0
caclium 400
will move to a lower spot.
Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/382539/coral-not-well#post_3339147
Have you tested your water? How is the flow on the bubble?

 

[u mike]

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 Flower http:///forum/thread/382539/coral-not-well#post_3339196
Quote:
Originally Posted by u mike http:///forum/thread/382539/coral-not-well#post_3339144
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 .

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.

 

[u mike]

here is a couple of pics not the best but I think you will get the point

 

[flower]

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.

 

[u mike]

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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Originally Posted by Flower http:///forum/thread/382539/coral-not-well#post_3339335

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.

 

[flower]

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.

 

[ibew41]

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?