Moving the water movement as you posted could cause this ...maybe water is hiting the mushroom more directly as it did before U moved the powerhead....also going lower pointing up...are they circulating water more on the sand bed...if U have one...and lifting some junk out of the bed...could explain why the water was cloudy longer...just my thoughts...
is my mushroom ticked off?
Hi, when I looked at my tank this afternoon one of my mushrooms (my biggest one that's usually in the best shape) is all shriveled looking and smaller. I'm confused because my other 4 look fine, though they too are a little less opened up than they normally are. I don't know what happened to tick this little guy off. I tested my water and params look normal. The only things that have happened since yesterday was last night I did a 20% water change (I have a 10 gallon nano and usually do a 20% water change once a week). The other is that I have two hydor koralia nano powerheads that were aimed down and hitting my corals quite a bit. I moved them a little lower on the tank walls and pointed them up towards the water surface so they weren't hammering away at my corals. Seemed to work quite a bit better. My tank is a month and a half old and has been going great. Only thing is after all was said and done last night after the water change and moving the powerheads, the water did seem a tiny, tiny bit cloudy. Usually the cloudyness clears up within about a half hour or so after I do a water change but this time it took about 8 hours before the water was clear again. Any suggestions? Should I do another water change? I don't want to lose the little guy and I don't know why he's upset today. Everything else in the tank looks just fine so it's kinda freakin' me out. Maybe this is just normal behavior for mushrooms every now and then? Please help. Any ideas? Thanks!
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I had a kenya tree shrivel up to nothing the other day. I thought it was dead. But today it was back, only much bigger. I have another one that just shriveled up yesterday, I guess he's growing too.
You never can tell with these things.
You never can tell with these things.
Well, that makes me feel better. Thanks. I'm glad at least someone else has seen similar behavior.I had a kenya tree shrivel up to nothing the other day. I thought it was dead. But today it was back, only much bigger. I have another one that just shriveled up yesterday, I guess he's growing too.
You never can tell with these things.
shriveled shroom is generally a sign of stress but is nothing to be overly concerned about, as long as you can figure out what irritated them they are very hardy corals.
mushrooms do not like flow...i keep mine in a no-flow zone...lighting is not that big of an issue.
If it stays that way for more then a week then I'd start to worry.
it seems to be doing a bit better now. Probably just a bit stressed.
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