Is my lavender mushroom dying??

[deepghosh]

Recently my lavender mushroom started turning a really light purple and kind of looks mushy... It has spread to three mushrooms now. What's going on?

Sorry these are the best pics I could get with my iPhone

 

[TJ's Reef]

Don't know off hand as have not experienced anything like it before but what are your current water parameters ???


Cheers, Todd

 

[deepghosh]

SG - 1.024 @ 78F
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0

All the other coral are doing fine it

 

[deepghosh]

Anyone?

 

[fish.freak]

have you done any aquascaping? looks like it has been damaged. usually the insides will come out like that when you collect them or disturb them two much.

 

[deepghosh]

No I haven't changed anything since I put it in there 3 weeks ago. It's looking even worse now, I think I have to take it out of the tank unfortunately

 

[Tahoe61]

Mushrooms just do this sometimes. They expel their internal structures, mesenterial filaments, some times something as simple as a water change will make them do it. Sometimes it's a stress response. I would move them down in the tank since your noticing a loss of color as well.

 

[deepghosh]

So you recommend keeping it in the tank and moving it lower? It looks like it is falling apart...

 

[deepghosh]

And is it going to grow back and heal?

 

[Tahoe61]

How long have you have this piece?
Yes move it down.
No one can predict with any certainty if the Mushrooms will recover. Sometimes they just melt, for me this was usually in response to too much light.
What lighting type please?

 

[deepghosh]

I've had it for about a month. Was fine until recently. Currently running a 120w LED, dimmed to 60% blue and 35% white

 

[show time]

Look like the top one is getting burn by the light and the bottom one is on the side so it not getting too much light. just move it to bottom or a place with not too much light. think it should by find.

 

[deepghosh]

Okay I will try moving it. Thanks