What's eating my bounce mushroom

[Rick's Reviews]

In comparison I do agree... Still hope only after a couple of days

Was due a water change today but after all comosion of catching two idiots I decided to leave until tomorrow... to let other inhabitants calm down
do you think I should leave until next week? give mushroom more chance to revive without messing with water

Water change is just general vac, clean filters etc, parimiters are normal

 

[HBtank]

He’s a survivor! Hope it makes it totally back.

 

[Bucs20fan]

I would leave it be, keep it there and just watch for negative changes.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Today's pictures, so hard to get my camera to focus on this bounce but everything else it will
So it appears to me that hole has covered up and appears the outside/skirt looks abit more fuller, I know it's only been a couple of days but it's definitely not deteriorating at this point, I still can not find a mouth using 10 X zoom, this mushroom is like half the size of your little finger nail

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Also seen these two guys on my other mushroom (pictures) they look like baby mushrooms, purple skin with slight single orange colour
is this possible with a frag sized mushroom? Especially also close from being fragged (I assume it was)
Thanks

 

[Bucs20fan]

It is very possible they are babies. Both times mine had newly spawned shrooms believe it or not it was on the side of the frag plug just like that.

 

[Tired]

Yep, looks like babies. Could be it budded, or could be those are from scraps of flesh that decided they weren't done being mushrooms.

 

[Wildcats1023]

Probably your peppermint, thats where my money is. Peppermints are the epitome of opportunistic feeders. They will eat any coral if they decide to, this also includes nems.

I wish mine would eat my mushrooms. When I first got my tank I thought they were cool. Not so much now.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

I wish mine would eat my mushrooms. When I first got my tank I thought they were cool. Not so much now.

Why not so much now, what mushroom s do you have

 

[Rick's Reviews]

So mushroom is still alive and has a mouth, yesterday I fed reef roids and it actually closed up, I still can not get a great photo of it


In photo it's on the right of glass

 

[Tired]

Nice!

 

[Rick's Reviews]

How about that for a comeback .... Can't wait for it to grow so I can cut it up to frag lol

 

[Rick's Reviews]

So removed the mushroom and placed on a rack... Now I can take photos.

This guy was half eaten a couple of months ago

 

[Double monti 61]

The tank looks young I d not believe it is the peppermint shrimp the one in my system never bothers my coral although it may crawl upon one or two on occasion.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

The tank looks young I d not believe it is the peppermint shrimp the one in my system never bothers my coral although it may crawl upon one or two on occasion.

Yes it is a young aquarium, I introduced this mushroom and it literally got eaten to point of death, I'll attach pictures. Since removing my pepermint it has recovered X 2
Pictures are from July, after first indroducing and during time of it being eaten, I will add this was 2nd purchase of same mushroom as 1st disappeared, so I kept a close eye on this one

 

[Bucs20fan]

The tank looks young I d not believe it is the peppermint shrimp the one in my system never bothers my coral although it may crawl upon one or two on occasion.

We definitely established it was the peppermint shrimp, they will eat anything if they decide to, Nothing is off of the menu for a hungry peppermint.

 

[Bucs20fan]

Yes it is a young aquarium, I introduced this mushroom and it literally got eaten to point of death, I'll attach pictures. Since removing my pepermint it has recovered X 2
Pictures are from July, after first indroducing and during time of it being eaten, I will add this was 2nd purchase of same mushroom as 1st disappeared, so I kept a close eye on this one

Rick, the recovery has been wonderful! Im so glad the shroom made it, GREAT JOB!

 

[Rick's Reviews]

The tank looks young I d not believe it is the peppermint shrimp the one in my system never bothers my coral although it may crawl upon one or two on occasion.

After removal of peppermint shrimp, which has been the obvious culprit 'for me' and help from reef2reef, thank you all
My mushroom is and doing great (pictures)
It's still on original frag plug

 

[GobyGuy]

What an awesome comeback story! even got some baby bounces! congrats mate

 

[Double monti 61]

I believe peppermint shrimp need a mature system with more choices of food that exist in the system and possibly your system is to young to support them and the coral become easy picking or maybe mine or yours that was and is no longer is not a true peppermint shrimp.