Mushroom and algae

[GazS]

Hi,

New reefer here, my tank is around 2 months old and I guess I’m getting uglies after lights came on when I got my first soft coral additions.

I have a green disc mushroom which is in a low flow area on sand bed, it’s relatively happy but I’ve noticed it’s getting a build up of algae . I took a turkey blaster to it and as you can see on pic there is clearly a layer of algae which I’ve been having in my tank.

what should I do? Toothbrush scrub it? Any suggestions please?
Parameters are ok and stable in waterbox 15g peninsula
78f
1.024 salinity
Ph8.2
0 nitrite 0 ammonia
25 nitrate
0.05 phosphate
Calc/mag are ok

cuc 3 nassarius, 2 trochus.

many thanks for looking,
Graham

 

[andiesreef]

your mushroom looks amazing, but it almost looks more like a cabbage leather imo? not sure but maybe higher flow will help push the algae off the coral

 

[GazS]

Omg yes, it is defintely a cabbage leather! I was misinformed by LFS i guess! Thanks for that andielehman

Apparently it also can shed its skin every few days to combat detritis buildup. So ill aim some more flow at it and just see how it does.

Thanks again!