Coral Problems!

[jubbin2001]

I have a torch and a hairy mushroom that seems to be going downhill. I am wondering if anyone can help me out as to what I can do to reverse these effects. I tried to get the best images I could. Thanks!

 

[ibew41]

do you have water test results?

 

[ibew41]

if you still have the cf fixture how old are the lamps and how far down in your tank are the coral

 

[jubbin2001]

All the water tests come back perfect.
Salinity - 1.024
Nitrates - > 2
Nitrites - 0
Ph - 8.2
Calcium - 400
The lighting is brand new, I just replaced the bulbs 2 weeks ago. The torch is on the bottom of the tank, he has been open for quite some time, and now just decided to start acting funny. The mushroom is sitting up higher, and the larger one right next to it is loving life. He is fully expanded and looking great. The other looks like it's getting eaten away.

 

[mr_x]

the new light is stressing them i bet. the mushrooms is probably splitting.from the stress. don't worry, you'll have 2 shrooms shortly.
the torch, i'm not sure about. is it in a place of medium to high flow? does it have any brown stuff coming out of the wilting heads?

 

[jubbin2001]

Torch is in medium flow area, no brown stuff. It was fine for a couple days, then all of a sudden it sucked in. I will continue to monitor and if details change I will update. Thanks all!

 

[jubbin2001]

Well I had to update the post since there was a bit of a change in the mushroom look. Does it still look like spiltting? I guess I have never seen a mushroom split before, but I am quite new to the hobby so I didn't know what to expect. Thanks again for the help!

 

[ballet ninja]

I am pretty new as well, but from what I have read about online and in Marine Bio that specimen appears to be splitting. So, I would not worry about it.

 

[mr_x]

the shroom looks like it's becoming 2 shrooms. how are the lps doing?

 

[jubbin2001]

Torch actually looks like its completely gone.

Maybe I just got one that had a dying head? It was pretty white on the one side, but it was out and fine for a few days...then poof it disappeared.

Thanks again for the input.

 

[jerryatrick]

Personally I would toss the dead looking head in the trash. If it did have brown jelly disease it will more than likely spread to the healthy head.

 

[ibew41]

did you test alk level?

 

[jubbin2001]

Just did it, coming back at about 9.