Mushroom coral, white tissue overnight?

[balajeek15]

I bought red mushroom coral last week with 5 mushrooms in a rock, two red and 3 green.
Introduced to the DT week ago in a corner of a tank. It was looking good every-time i looked at it.
Yesterday evening when i went home first thing i noticed is pure white tissue in one of the red mushroom, it was good a day before!

My suspicion is coral beauty angel fish, i have noticed its getting aggressive nipping at corals lately, could it have eaten overnight like this? could also be the reason my leather does not open up for nearly 5 weeks and some zoa polyp lost its color or don't open up fully.

I try to take pic but it didn't come out well, but see the patch in the middle its all milky white in real.

Would the mushroom recover?

If its confirms its coral beauty i am ready to get rid of it.

Its a 73gal DT and all water parameters seem in range except for some trace elements which i am working on to restore.

 

[balajeek15]

I should try get another picture tonight.

 

[NewGoby]

if it's closer to grey rather than white it might be shedding, if its clear white it might be dying, due to lack of flow or light

 

[balajeek15]

if it's closer to grey rather than white it might be shedding, if its clear white it might be dying, due to lack of flow or light

Really, it can happen in 24hrs from full red to partial white in the middle!

 

[NewGoby]

Really, it can happen in 24hrs from full red to partial white in the middle!

try taking a picture for me, without the blue lights on if you can, just whites

 

[vetteguy53081]

It is bleached likely from being irritated. Increase blue lighting and try feeding to see if it responds to feeding ( should ball up)
They prefer moderate water flow also

 

[balajeek15]

Is there a technique to take a better picture like other reefers who show their corals and it look so awesome, do you need a SLR? can't do from iPhone X!

Also when i take a picture it looks decent on my iPhone but when i download and upload here, it looks downgraded. I connect to mac and use image capture tool and select the photo and right click save as jpg.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Is there a technique to take a better picture like other reefers who show their corals and it look so awesome, do you need a SLR? can't do from iPhone X!

Also when i take a picture it looks decent on my iPhone but when i download and upload here, it looks downgraded. I connect to mac and use image capture tool and select the photo and right click save as jpg.

I have IphoneX. Go to portraits and press the little circle in upper left corner. it will give you color choices.

 

[BeejReef]

Mushrooms are hard to kill.

I honest to god hit mine with a hammer trying to get it off a frag plug... hard, with an old, oily, rusty hammer.
It's in the tank now, looking good!

 

[balajeek15]

Just wanted to update after a while, it was my mis-understanding about the white tissue, it looks like sometime the mushroom turns or shrinks other side that makes the bottom foot tissue visible which made me think something've happened.

All good now and i do see the white tissue occasionally.

 

[Fir3ant]

Just wanted to update after a while, it was my mis-understanding about the white tissue, it looks like sometime the mushroom turns or shrinks other side that makes the bottom foot tissue visible which made me think something've happened.

All good now and i do see the white tissue occasionally.

Mine is doing the same thing when it’s getting later in the lighting schedule so that is normal?

 

[balajeek15]

Mine is doing the same thing when it’s getting later in the lighting schedule so that is normal?

Don't know if its normal for the mushroom to do that, but its hardy and comes back.