Ricordae behavior?

[Calappidae]

Green puffed up round mushroom to the right of the red one..

top view..

They normally look red (like the one next to it) but this one is all closed up like a tulip?

Tem:80
ph 8.0
ammon 0
trite 0
trate 10
cal 480 (last I checked last week..)
sg 1.025
alk 11-13
t5 duel HO aqualight 30"


all my mushrooms have been acting up lately... had them for a year and for the first time I noticed a brown stringy stuff popping out of their mouths.

 

[justthewife]

When mine spit out brown stuff it is usually waste matter. Its when they spit out white stuff that you need to worry. I would say it got bugged or its eating. Watch it for a little bit and see if it goes back to normal.

 

[bentspace]

your alk is pretty high, most softies don't do well with high alk. I'd try to get it down to aroud 9 - 9.5 at 12 to 13 you'll start to loose things.

 

[justthewife]

your alk is pretty high, most softies don't do well with high alk. I'd try to get it down to aroud 9 - 9.5 at 12 to 13 you'll start to loose things.

+1, I didn't notice the high alk in the post. Good catch!!!

 

[Calappidae]

Some of the shrooms are bleaching really bad!

 

[fragbox]

what kind of alk are you dosing?

 

[Calappidae]

what kind of alk are you dosing?

I do not dose anything.

Just water changes. Tank has been up for a long time and living just on WC. I used to dose calcium but I quit that.

 

[Almondsaz]

Tem:80
ph 8.0
ammon 0
trite 0
trate 10
cal 480 (last I checked last week..)
sg 1.025
alk 11-13


Based on your stated parameters I would say you have a few things going on. While as noted your ALK is high (normal ranges are typically 7-22 dKH), your nitrates are elevated and should be <.02ppm, and I would consider your PH to be low at 8.0 - I find the best range is between 8.1-8.3 and I keep mine at 8.2 with good results.

I would suggest that you test two more items: phosphate and magnesium. When you look at CAL, ALK you should look at MAG at the same time there are great article on the balance between the three. Also, your calcium is a little high top end should be 450 (range 380-450 ppm).

I hope this helps.

 

[Calappidae]

Tem:80
ph 8.0
ammon 0
trite 0
trate 10
cal 480 (last I checked last week..)
sg 1.025
alk 11-13


Based on your stated parameters I would say you have a few things going on. While as noted your ALK is high (normal ranges are typically 7-22 dKH), your nitrates are elevated and should be <.02ppm, and I would consider your PH to be low at 8.0 - I find the best range is between 8.1-8.3 and I keep mine at 8.2 with good results.

I would suggest that you test two more items: phosphate and magnesium. When you look at CAL, ALK you should look at MAG at the same time there are great article on the balance between the three. Also, your calcium is a little high top end should be 450 (range 380-450 ppm).

I hope this helps.

Thanx! They are looking normal now, the only issue is my GSP.. only like 1/8th of the colony is opening for the past 2-3 months. Film algae took control of the glass... I need to fix my HOB skimmer and get that running on there. It began overflowing around the collection cup (flooding my carpet over night..).

I'm bringing down the alk, when I was a beginner I was a buffer maniac and dosed everyday for ph.. I'm still lowering the alk from those days..now I never use a buffer for anything unless calicum is low.