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09/13/2007, 02:36 PM
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mushrooms mouth are open! HELP!!!
my shrooms all have gaping mouths! they have been slowly degrading, havent been completely expanding, are completly bleached white, and wouldnt eat, but now I am really worried! what should I do? the salinity was high, above 1.030, so I brought it down with a 50% water change, hoping to also get the water quality up. when I took out the water I realized it was tinted brown! so now I am panicking, I think my pepermint shrimp died an caused a mini cycle, and that the body turned the water brown. I am most worried about my shrimp, but because she seems fine my attention is brought back to my corals. I was thinking about placing some flake into their open mouths, I also have frozen blood worms, brine, and beef heart.
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#2
09/13/2007, 03:18 PM
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Don't feed for now until water conditions improve. CHECK FOR AMMONIA.
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09/13/2007, 03:56 PM
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well, first I have to find my test kit. I would think the shrimp would be reacting to the ammonia (if any). like I said before I have done a 50% water change, will do another ASAP (probably about 3 days from now, will be away).
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#4
09/18/2007, 03:27 PM
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well, thanks for the help SaltyBoG Water. the mushrooms are dead, taking with them 3-4 colonys of zoas. I dont think it was water conditions that killed them, as my shrimp and snails lived through it, never showing any stress. I think it may have been stress, they were in a downhill spiral since I got them, and the zoas have lately been acting funny. on polyp out of all the zoas (probably just under 100) has made it into my other tank, hitchhiked on a piece of rock. this death leaves me weary, I will be getting a small bit of coral today to see if it will stay alive.
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#5
09/18/2007, 06:35 PM
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Yeah, the salinity was a little too high. Need to keep it stable and in the right range. Water changes will be good.
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#6
09/20/2007, 03:30 PM
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well, thats not an issue now, they have gone to a better place (along with my peppermint shrimp, 3 zoa colonies, and my bumble bee snail). I had no control over salininity as I was away (it was suposed to be only 2 days) for 4 days, also they had been going downhill form when I first got them. I have gotten a (very pretty) single polyp of mushroom (as a test coral, and because I need my ood lights on before I can get anything besides shrooms). has anyone ever seen a dark green shroom with glowing green patches around outer edges and a glowing green ring around its mouth? it is now trying to find something to attach to (in a tupperware w/ rubble). it also has some small, not very prominent, dots on its body.
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