Red shrooms developing blue spots

[mmatt]

bought a few of these last year bright red, and they have began to develop blue spots. Not like a superman discoma shroom. At first I thought they might be dead pool shrooms but now I'm not to sure. Was told possibly flat worms but they don't move at all. So I'm doubtful of that.

Been a few weeks with them in the same spots just more defined. Any thoughts?

 

[Homebrewer]

Provided it’s not something living on the surface like flatworms as you pointed out, it is possible that they are color morphing or maybe a better way to say it is, fluorescing differently as different pigments are possibly being expressed.

I don’t know but I wouldn’t complain! The multi-color looks way cool and I would say is more desirable in general with many corals. They look really healthy to me so I’d just be happy that you may have gotten some real winners there!

 

[Opus]

Honestly that looks like flatworms to me.

 

[mmatt]

Lol thanks man. That is definitely the way I feel. Pretty cool and interested in what they will turn out like. But then one comment about flatworms and im like oh oh. But there is no way since they arent movong/living etc. And I have never seen any flatworm like that. Nor can I find one on line that looks close

 

[mmatt]

Honestly that looks like flatworms to me.

If they were flat worms would they not move at all? They have never moved. And they are Definitely blue

 

[Homebrewer]

Yeah I will say the color differences are uniform in size, so it may be a third-party you have there. I was just saying that provided you DID rule out flatworms, it could be something desirable by way of a color “morph.”

 

[mmatt]

That is the other thing that strays me away from flat worms is the uniform size and shape of the blue spots/morph

 

[Guttersnipe]

I think those are Superman mushrooms.

 

[Homebrewer]

That is the other thing that strays me away from flat worms is the uniform size and shape of the blue spots/morph

Yeah like I said originally I think you’re ok, but it’s hard to tell from the pictures. Not your fault, just how pics are sometimes.

Ironic to the quote above, it is the uniformity of the size and the relative randomness of placement that in fact would make me second-guess ruling OUT flatworms.

 

[Opus]

Should be easy to find out. Stick your hand in there and scrape one of them with your fingernail. If they are flat worms that should disturb them enough to make them move. If you could remove them and dip them that would be even better.

 

[mmatt]

Ya maybe ill give that a try just to confirm.

 

[mmatt]

Well unfortunately it is flatworms. Only ones I've seen are the bigger ones that destroy eyphillia. Not I have.to get my hands on a blue velvet nudibranch. Any other suggestions?

 

[Homebrewer]

Well I would get some airline tubing and start a siphon, just like you would do for a water change, but obviously the drain is slower. Suck out as many as you can and get the population as low as you can. Then, I can use something like Flatworm Exit but be careful and follow the directions. The stuff WORKS but as they die they release toxins. It will wipe out a tank. Believe me, I found out the hard way.

Good luck

 

[mmatt]

Ya that sucks I want to avoid the chemical approach if possible because I'm not around enough to keep a close eye on it. Siphoning might be a good option to start out