Is my coral Ok?

[juanmanuelsanch]

hi all !

If someone can tell me the exact id of this soft coral I will appreciated.

ATM is in a low current placement. But I dont see that much color since I got it (except the orange band) and also one went rogue and detached this morning.

I cant figure out what the real problem since this corals dont need direct feeding or anything.

All params are ok, the illumination are 3 AI prime LED lights. Volume of the tank is 140 gallons DT + 60 sump tank.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[happyhourhero]

They appear to be bleached mushrooms to me. Without know what your parameters are, age of tank, flow, etc, there is not much help anyone can offer.

 

[mcgyvr]

very bleached mushroom I guess..??

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

Params are ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate around 3,age is 10 months, flow are 4 WaveMakers, plenty of flow to avoid detritus accumulation.

But this must be a particular mushroom coral. Since I have some in my tank and they don't look like this. This are more meaty.

 

[CrayolaViolence]

If your nitrates are 0 then they are probably starving to death.

 

[monkeysee1]

They're definitely unhappy - either you have too much light or, like Crayola said, too little for them to feed on. They like water ligh LOW levels of nitrates in it.

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

nitrate is around 3 as I said.

The weird thing is that I have some mushrooms at sandbed level that are doing just fine (green mushrooms).

Thats why I have my doubts on what kind of mushroom coral is this. Since it seems to be fatter on more meaty than the ones I have.

 

[CrayolaViolence]

nitrate is around 3 as I said.

The weird thing is that I have some mushrooms at sandbed level that are doing just fine (green mushrooms).

Thats why I have my doubts on what kind of mushroom coral is this. Since it seems to be fatter on more meaty than the ones I have.

Not unusual at all. Different corals have different tolerances for stuff. I can grow mushrooms all day long unless they are Yuma, then they melt away. Yet I can grow acros with no problem unless it's one specific type, and I can't seem to keep those alive for the life of me.

 

[AlSimmons]

They look like bleached out Rhodactis mushrooms IMO.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/10/inverts

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

I just measured my nitrates and they are at 0. So my question is... how do I make them go up?

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

anyone?

 

[AlSimmons]

Why do you want to raise your Nitrates? If all your other corals look ok then you must be doing something right. Making changes like this to appease one coral in particular might not be the best option.

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

so how do I improve this coral

 

[eastlake]

If it were me I'd move it to a lightly shaded area, a spot with an overhang, so that its getting some light but not in full light and low flow. What kind of lighting was it under before you brought it home? Most coral under anything but LED benefits from a light acclimation period. That, in my experience, is especially true with mushrooms. Its definitely bleached so it may be a little while as well before you see any improvement and when you do it will be in the form of the tissue gaining a little bit of brown color.

 

[CrayolaViolence]

anyone?

You feed the mushrooms. Although, if you're using an API test, it's unlikely they are actually 0. API won't detect nitrates below one, and many tanks maintain some level of nitrates.

But again you can just feed the coral.

Seeing that your issue is bleaching, I agree with what someone else suggested, back off on the light some. Move it to a more shaded area.

 

[duckmeat]

what are your light settings?
i would raise the lights up, or lower the intensity. id be confident it is a lighting problem...