first mushrooms not looking so hot, HELP!

[stagger19]

Hi, I just purchased my first coral, its a rock with some green stripped mushrooms. I order this from Drs foster & smith live aquaria, rcvd order on Sat. Styrofoam packing was still warm.



The mushrooms look more brown then they do green see pic.
The tank is stable, ph 7.9, SG 1.023

50/50 lighting is on for 6 hours / Day, in AP 12 PC version

I think the coral is in shock from the travel, is there anything I can do to help this coral?

I also noticed the top mushroom is half hanging off, I picked up some crazy glue gel, but not sure how to glue it back down, do I just take the rock out and glue it wet?

Any help would be appreciated!

[rhythmicfire]

To be honest, the mushrooms look fine in my opinion. Mushrooms tend to look a bit on the drab side when they've just gone through shipment. Plus, the polyps are open which is a good sign; sometimes peoples polyps don't even open. Just give it a couple days to color back up, no worries
Never try to superglue mushrooms to rocks, as it is useless. They will only proceed to excrete mucous and become loose again. In order to help the half unattached mushroom attach, place the rock into and area of relatively low flow and let the mushroom take care of itself. It should be fine.

[SWINGRRRR]

I am no expert, but you have not given them enough time yet. They look normal to me. Great choice BTW.

[ManilaMan]

i agree, looks good, you might try to give it more light after recovery, and hope the green color comes out. grats and enjoy!

[rkcca]

As long as your water parameters are good they will do fine.

I've got a hundred or so of those and they grow like weeds. Everytime I moved my tank they looked like that for about a week.

Initially, don't stress them with too much light. In my tank, they are trying to take over and they are growing under MH, 8 inches from the top.

[rkcca]

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