What is wrong with my mushrooms

[Tamw1se]

I am new to the hobby and started up a BC 29 approximately three months ago. I put some mushrooms in the tank over the weekend. They looked good for about two days but are not looking good now. I have them at the bottom of the tank, out of the direct light and out of high flow. My water parameters are good. Any suggestions on what the problem is and how I can address it? (Sorry about the poor picture quality)

 

[TjwBlake]

Honestly can't tell at all with the picture, its just a blue blur. Any way to get a better pic?
What are they doing that is unusual?
Dispite the water parameters being good, you will need to post them all anyway to help with any diagnosis on this.

How indirect is the lighting? (what type of lighting? just stock BC lights?) how little flow? is on them?

What else is in the tank?

 

[Tamw1se]

I will try to get better pictures tonight and will post the new pictures along with the parameters. The mushrooms are shrinking in size and the edges are curling. The color seems to be fading also.

There are two frags of zoos (about 5 heads each), a frag of xenia, a cleaner shrimp and a green chromis. The lights are stock.

 

[pco1988]

Honestly you're new to the hobby with a really new tank that should be just out of the cycle. I would let the tank mature another month and let the bateria build up and what not. It could be just because it's a new tank that isn't fully stable yet.

 

[RtReef]

I agree with PCO but in the meantime since it is stock lighting, try moving them to more direct light. Mushrooms like light and not shaded area. You should be fine with them right under the light in a stock cube.

 

[ange062]

3 months isn't long enough for a tank to cycle and be stable enough for mushrooms?!? I was keeping healthy clams quicker then that!

To the OP, agree with above, needs parms on your tank (temp, salinity, pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, alk, ca, etc). Also need better pics!

I wouldn't worry much though, mushrooms will pretty much survive a nuclear holocaust. They are probably just getting used to your tank.

 

[xCry0x]

Agreed with more light, the stock lighting on a normal BC29 are -not- strong. I have my mushrooms on a rock in the open a few inches off the sand in my 25g cube with LED lighting and they are doing well.

They look like they are basically on frag rocks so just move them to more direct light and look for them to open up and hug the rock.

 

[Mussin]

I know my mushrooms freaked out when I upgraded pumps and had way more flow. They seem to like very little flow and lots of light.