Mushrooms bleaching

MarlinHooker · 11/24/2018, 06:52 AM

So what would cause this? I have purple, red & fuzzy green mushrooms & some of both the purple & red are bleaching out. The fuzzy seems unaffected. Tank parameters seem ok:
SG 1.026, Ca 500, Alk 8.0, Pho .1, Nirates 0, temp 78.

Constantine · 11/29/2018, 03:14 PM

Likely lighting, but I'm just regurgitating what I've read online. Too much or too little can change the number of zooxanthellae in the coral which changes the color.

11/24/2018, 06:52 AM	#1
MarlinHooker Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Indialantic, FL Posts: 690	Mushrooms bleaching So what would cause this? I have purple, red & fuzzy green mushrooms & some of both the purple & red are bleaching out. The fuzzy seems unaffected. Tank parameters seem ok: SG 1.026, Ca 500, Alk 8.0, Pho .1, Nirates 0, temp 78. __________________ Inconviencing marine life since 1984 Current Tank Info: 150 mixed reef

11/29/2018, 03:14 PM	#2
Constantine Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 128	Likely lighting, but I'm just regurgitating what I've read online. Too much or too little can change the number of zooxanthellae in the coral which changes the color.