Help, shrooms disintegrated

danny zubot · #1 02-08-2007, 07:49 PM

I have, or I should say had a colony of orange shrooms (forget what they are called, Nate?) that have mysteriously disintegrated over the past few weeks. They shrunk up really small, then seemed to fall apart over time. There are still a few bits and pieces of them left so hopefully they grow back.

Any idea what causes shrooms to do this? I wonder if it could be the same thing that pi$$ed my clam off? It hasn't opened in weeks.

Here's a pic of what they used to look like.

Beverly · #2 02-08-2007, 08:32 PM

Have you introduced any new livestock to the tank lately? Changed water flow, lights, added a piece of new equipment or anything else? How's your chemistry?

danny zubot · #3 02-08-2007, 08:37 PM

Chemistry is fine. The only new member to the tank since I moved in December is a Gold striped maroon clown.

One suspect was brought up for my clam not opening, and that is the new use of 2 part coral appoxy. Do you think my shrooms could be affected by this as well? I always thought shrooms were pretty harty.

Beverly · #4 02-08-2007, 08:52 PM

Hmm. Say it is the two part epoxy bothering your clam and shrooms. Since the problem began, have you added/changed carbon and done a few water changes?

danny zubot · #5 02-08-2007, 09:13 PM

I've only done 1 water change, about 20%, but I have added fresh carbon since first posting my Clam issue thread a couple of weeks ago.

No other corals have shown even the slightest stress from the apoxy, assuming that is the culprit. This is wierd, I lost a colony of blue zoos a few months back for an unknown reason, and no other coral was even fazed!

My tank must have a boogy man who likes messing with me.

Beverly · #6 02-08-2007, 10:46 PM

If this was happening to me, I'd change my carbon every few days and do a couple of 20% water changes a week. Make sure the new saltwater has been aged 24 hours.

I'd also check my powerheads for crud build up that may be hampering their regular flow rates and for the right positioning for optimal flow for the particular animals involved. We lost a bunch of zoo frags shortly after they were introduced in our tank a few months back. As it turned out, water flow to the areas where the zoos had been placed was not high enough for them. Now that I have increased water flow to those areas, the new and remaining zoos are spreading nicely.