Help!! On my Shroom

[hachi_roku]

i dont know what going on i was looking at my tank after i did a water change and then 30 min. later my shroom looked like this

whats going on am lost is it normal
Help!! :help:

 

[fanker]

thats usually normal if u just dump the water in there. if u slowly add the water they shoudnt do that. they'll open back up

 

[reefreak29]

this is normal after a water change

 

[hachi_roku]

but know they have shrunk and it looks like there guts are coming out

 

[hachi_roku]

i will take a pick of how it looks know give me a sec. it look ugly to me

 

[lemonpeel2]

When u did a water change. Did you make sure you matched the water parameters with the tank parameters because corals are very sensitive to fast salinty changes as all inverts.

 

[lemonpeel2]

And did you use RO/DI water?

 

[hachi_roku]

yeah i did

 

[hachi_roku]

i mean i did use RO/DI water

 

[lemonpeel2]

Huh? did u blast the shrooms directly with the water?

 

[reefreak29]

u should add water in slowly if there guts are coming out u put the water in to fast and disturbed then , they will be fine thuogh

 

[hachi_roku]

no i didnt i put in the other side of the tank and i put it in slowly

 

[lemonpeel2]

Can You give me a water params list. Thank u

 

[hachi_roku]

it looks nasty

 

[hachi_roku]

well ever think is fine i have some purple Shroom and they are fine

 

[hachi_roku]

am going to get my params list give me a sec.

 

[hachi_roku]

PH 8.1
trate 10-20
trite 0
ammonia 0.25
Water Gravity 1.022

 

[hachi_roku]

am going to get some saltwater

 

[hachi_roku]

my trate was at 0 yesterday and know it went up to 40-50 danm

 

[lemonpeel2]

Um y is ur ammonia at .25 it should be at zero and ur purple shrooms arent reacting as fast to the 40-50 ppm nitrate level because they are more hardier, but eventually with time they will die off. for a reef u should really keep them below 5 ppm. 40-50 ppm nitate is even bad for fish. You should bring that down, and are u sure that ur doin water changes with RO/DI. If You do tell me where you got it from and if its bottled already tell me wat is says on the label. Thanks Oh and u should really raise ur water gravity to 1.024-1.026, its better for fish in the long run and u should keep reef tanks in that range too.