Mushrooms

[buttons buster]

Can someone please help>
I have some mushrooms that have open mouths.
I can see some things that look like "mitochondria" that are in the inside of the mouth.
Does anyone know what is wrong, and what can be done about it?
2 gallon tank
13 watt 50/50 7400 daytime/14000 actinic
100 ghp filter.
all things look normal.
WHat can I do?
THanks.

 

[buttons buster]

Kinda dissappointed

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

The open mouths are a sign of stress. The stuff coming out are the guts, or messinterial filaments. What are your water parameters? How did you acclimate it? Do you have any other lighting?

 

[buttons buster]

Acclimated it:
Temp acclimated it for about 30 minutes.
Then slowly added water for about an hour.
Water parameters:
temp 78
ph 7.2
sg 1.024
nitrite 0
ammonia 0
nitrate 5-10

No other lighting.
Thanks

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

pH is extremely low and could be a large cause of it. You didn't list your Calcium or Alkalinity though. When was the last time you did a water change?

 

[buttons buster]

Oh that was a mistype.
It was meant to say 8.2
wow my bad.

I don't have any way to measure calcium or alkalinity.
It kinda sucks.

I have a test kit for them, but the kit is flawed.
The color readout's aren't even the correct color.

Last water change 3 days ago

 

[buttons buster]

Any other reason for them dying?
Mabey just bad shrooms?

 

[Lotus99]

They may recover, mushrooms are really hardy. Have they deteriorated since you first posted?

I'm assuming you recently added them to the tank, but I'm not sure.

 

[buttons buster]

They have since died, and yes they were new additions.
Some of the mushrooms did survive and are now doing fine.

I just really want to learn as much as I can, and still have yet to figure out what went wrong