My hitch hiker mushroom has been shriveled up for a few days. It opens up a little during the day but not like it used to. Do I need to feed it something? Whats wrong?
Thx
Thx
My hitch hiker mushroom in trouble.
- Thread starter Stingray12
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id first check your water. any parameters that are off balance like ammonia, nitrite and really high nitrate, usually 40ppm or higher, (in a reef, nitrate should be as low as possible, around .05-.10 rang) will cause stress on coral, and eventually could cause the death of the coral. Other issues could be a change in pH, large increase in the amount of light being received, being picked on by fish, inverts and possible hitch hikers. Just a few places to start and hopefully this will help narrow it down for you.
hmmm ammonia is reallly close to 0, nitrite is .1 ,nitrate is 5, temp is 81-82 ph-8.3,8.4. tank is still cycling. Do mushrooms like light? I have 2 peppermint shrimp, a brittle star, snails, hermits, bristleworms, spagetti worms, a hitchiked sea slug i think(see it every once and I while, this white looking gorgania thing on rock(small). Could it be any of these?
theya re photosynthetic and as such need light (especially if they aren't 'hairy') but don't need a butt load.. HO lighting or PCs would be fine
try a water change.. they are pretty hardy and it should be a rather large problem to cause any noticeable effect
try a water change.. they are pretty hardy and it should be a rather large problem to cause any noticeable effect
Did a 30% water change. Its still like that, but not as much. I did change the waterflow to a slightly diff direction, could this be the problem