Mushrooms dieing

[rich4]

Hi i was wondering if any one could tell me why some of my mushrooms are turning to mush and dieing,i have red ,blue,purple and green mushrooms all over the tank it seems to affect odd ones any colour any where in the tank. the tank has been set up for 5 years and the other corals ie leather ,finger coral,pulse coral star polys etc are fine.thanks.

[Macca]

have you dont anything different? changed phos remover, lights etc?

Have you checked all your water parameters?

Are the shrooms, melting, coming off the rock, shrivelling up?

Have you done a water change lately or is one due?

[ROB]

Have you introduced any new corals rock? maybe a parasite,

Rob.

[rich4]

Hi i havent done any thing different in the last 2 3 years,i change 20% water every fornight. the mushrooms are fine one day then mush the next.they are happy apart from the odd ones dieing. i have been adding more rowa phos the last 2 months due to hair algae. that is when they starting dieing. rowa phos wouldnt kill them would it.the mush rooms dont have algae on them its the star polys.

[Macca]

Hi i havent done any thing different in the last 2 3 years,i change 20% water every fornight. the mushrooms are fine one day then mush the next.they are happy apart from the odd ones dieing. i have been adding more rowa phos the last 2 months due to hair algae. that is when they starting dieing. rowa phos wouldnt kill them would it.the mush rooms dont have algae on them its the star polys.


I belive (my opinion) that shrooms dont like a sudden change in phosphates even if it the lowering of them.

In my experience my shrooms have always done well when there was a hint of phosphates in the water.

This is my opinion and it may go against what we are taught but its my experience.

[oakwell]

have you checked your salinity? do u use a refractometer?

all water paremeters ok?

[rich4]

Hi yes i use a refractometer salinity is 1.024, i think it could be the extra rowa phos ive been putting in recenlty.

[oakwell]

could be mate keep us updated

[fishface]

Hi i was wondering if any one could tell me why some of my mushrooms are turning to mush and dieing,i have red ,blue,purple and green mushrooms all over the tank it seems to affect odd ones any colour any where in the tank. the tank has been set up for 5 years and the other corals ie leather ,finger coral,pulse coral star polys etc are fine.thanks.
how is your nitrates because all softies like a small amount es, mushies alan

[aberdeen aquarist]

Sounds like the phosphate to me as well Rich, as its the only change you have made.

[rich4]

Sounds like the phosphate to me as well Rich, as its the only change you have made.
Hi thanks for all your replies is there any pest that could be eating these mushrooms i lost another yesterday, i cannot see any pest in there. and how do i get rid of my hair algae without killing all the mushrooms.

[aberdeen aquarist]

Hi thanks for all your replies is there any pest that could be eating these mushrooms i lost another yesterday, i cannot see any pest in there. and how do i get rid of my hair algae without killing all the mushrooms.

To get rid of hair algae you have 2 options, either manual removal while using a phosphate remover or a sea hare while using phosphate remover. If you go for manual removal, then rip it out by hand every time you do a water change making sure you get as much out of the water as you can, it'll help if you turn the powerheads off when doing this. If you go for a sea hare, make sure you notice when it has finished the algae off, as it will starve with no food.
As for pests on the mushies I can't think of any, but if the hair algae is growing near them it will be blocking the light and contributing to their demise. The other thing that mushies are sensitive to is temperature changes, make sure your tank isn't fluctuating more than a couple fo degrees over the course of a day.

[rich4]

Found this 1cm yellowish slug looking thing. Is it this that is killing my Mushrooms and what it is?
Must be bad or my six-line wrasse would have eaten it.
Anyone seen this before? Trying to put photo with this...hope it works

[Daviduk2]

it looks like a sea hare? a very small one! I could be mistaken though

[ShyTalk]

Wow, that guy really waited 2 years for a reply???
Or are we just trying to resurrect the oldest thread possible?
:-)

[CP Ocean]

wonder if he ever did find out what was killing the shrooms?!

[ShyTalk]

Old Age maybe?

:-)