Mushrooms turning white....

[bcarp]

My Mushrooms are starting look like they are bleaching out?? My calcium is low(300). So I have been adding kent marine liquid calcium once every day. Has anybody else had this problem and what did you do about it? I don't want to loose these mushrooms. They are good size ones!!!

 

[bang guy]

Mushroom bleaching is usually too much or too little light.
For your Ca, you also need to consider your Alkalinity. Often a water change is more productive than just adding Calcium chloride.

 

[bcarp]

LFS told me to much light. So just put them more towards the bottom? Will the bleach ones come back to color?

 

[bang guy]

In my experience they will slowly regain color. They can handle quite a bit of light but a sudden increase in light can cause bleaching. Once they regain color you can gradually move them up closer to where you want them.

 

[jonthefb]

agree with bang again. I do this with all my corals that i purchase. i start them off at the bottom of the tank, so that they can get adjusted to the light. after several days, they move up, several ore days adn so on until they are where i want them at. This to me is similar to quarantining your fish. The corals get adjusted to your light, and wont have any probs. This is also because my lights are much stronger that those at my lfs, and i dont want any of my corals getting burned!
good luck
jon

 

[bcarp]

Thanks guys. I don't really have them very high up now. But i will move them low. Thanks again!!

 

[jonthefb]

keep us informed as to how they are doing!
"I'm the boss...need the info" - Dr. Evil

 

[slothy]

how are they doing ? reason i bring this back up, mine are starting to get lil white.. since i got mh

 

[mc2e]

What happened? . . . Our heater short-circuited and killed all but our fish and mushrooms.
Before the accident, the mushrooms were an amazing purple with iridescent green dots. After the accident, they became nearly transparent and have been that way for about 3 months.
I removed the heater, did drastic water changes and continue frequent changes. Water is now 76-77 degrees, instead of 80 and the water quality is reef-tank perfect. Lighting is bright and there is good current, but that has not been a problem before. The mushrooms just seemed to have relocated themselves to suitable spots away from strong currents and bright lights . . . before the heater problem. (I will not use heaters again.)
The mushrooms seem healthy, but not thriving like before. I'm wondering if they are missing some type of organism like zooxanthellae algae. If so, would introducing some new mushrooms help the older ones to regain any missing algae and to thrive like before?
Thanks.

 

[tthemadd1]

Good question. Never had this happen in my tanks. Fingers crossed. Funny I just dumped my fuge light into the tank twice today.
A picture would help and be interesting to see this