Mushrooms not doing well
- Thread starter McGee10
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Dkuhlmann
New member
What exactly are your parameters. I've noticed lately that there are others like you who have mixed tanks and the LPS or softies/leathers aren't doing so hot. It's usually because their water is "too clean" LPS and softies/leathers need some nitrates and phosphates to be happy and thrive. SPS can handle <5 nitrates and <.3 phosphates.
This usually happens as our tanks mature and they are more efficient at getting rid of both nitrates and phosphates. It's worse when you are doing things to get them out of your system.
This usually happens as our tanks mature and they are more efficient at getting rid of both nitrates and phosphates. It's worse when you are doing things to get them out of your system.
Reeferz412
Coral Hoarder
Softies do like somewhat nutrient rich water. They actually like a little bit of nitrates in the water as well. I had the same problem with my rhodactis shrooms. I had a huge bloom of them growing left and right, and slowly over 5 months they shrunk and their foot let go of the rocks. Everything else in the tank was great (lps stonies, gorgs). I recently upped the feedings and my nitrates climbed up a bit, I had one of those rhodactis left and it had extension i hadn't seen in a long time. I also had a bounce shroom that was huge after upping the feedings.
Dkuhlmann
New member
Don't run your skimmer as much, over feed a bit. Just come up with ways that work for you and of course monitor your parameters when you do this and figure out what works to keep your nitrates around 5 or so at most and I believe your phosphates will be about right if you get the nitrates set.
Maybe do a 12 hr cycle with your skimmer and see how that affects your water parameters.
Maybe do a 12 hr cycle with your skimmer and see how that affects your water parameters.
Mark9
New member
You didn't list your kh, which if low, affects most corals.
McGee10
Ex FMAS board member
7.2 kh lower than i usually keep it. I try to keep it at 8.
