bleached mushroo

[fishgillsaustin]

me and my brother bought this mushroom coral erlier and we accidently didnt acclimate it right and it bleached. Is there any way it could get it color back?

 

[3Twinklets]

Yes it should. Put in a spot in the middle or lower part of your tank and it should recover.

 

[fishgillsaustin]

thank you so much wendy, i think you just saved me some money.

 

[3Twinklets]

No problem. Thats what we are here for. It may take awhile. Just be patient!

 

[Saltwatertaylor]

I always thought the rule was once a coral is bleached it can never return to its normal color (especially for anemones?)

 

[fishgillsaustin]

how long is a while wendy like weeks or months?

 

[ritter6788]

I always thought the rule was once a coral is bleached it can never return to its normal color (especially for anemones?)

Not at all. Corals/anemones can bleach or brown and color up again under the right conditions.

 

[Saltwatertaylor]

You learn something new on here every day.

 

[3Twinklets]

how long is a while wendy like weeks or months?

That is hard to say. Mushrooms like medium to lower light levels. If your water perameters are good, then it should start to color up within a couple of weeks. If it starts shrinking in size, than give it a little more light.

 

[ritter6788]

If it starts shrinking in size, than give it a little more light.

IME, mushrooms will shrink if they are getting too much light. If they expand or stretch then they aren't getting enough light.

 

[fishgillsaustin]

what do u mean i want my mushroom to get bigger

 

[ritter6788]

A coral that is getting just the perfect amount of light will be a normal size. Mushrooms will only get to a certain size and stop growing larger. They will reproduce but they won't get any larger. A mushroom that is starving from lack of light will move, stretch or expand to try to absorb more light. It may look bigger or more swollen but that doesn't mean it's happy. Even if it looks better to you the coral is starving. A mushroom that is getting too much light will shrink down, move or hide from the light. Many soft corals do this including zoanthids, palys, leathers.

 

[fishgillsaustin]

A coral that is getting just the perfect amount of light will be a normal size. Mushrooms will only get to a certain size and stop growing larger. They will reproduce but they won't get any larger. A mushroom that is starving from lack of light will move, stretch or expand to try to absorb more light. It may look bigger or more swollen but that doesn't mean it's happy. Even if it looks better to you the coral is starving. A mushroom that is getting too much light will shrink down, move or hide from the light. Many soft corals do this including zoanthids, palys, leathers.

okay thanks for all the help

 

[luke]

absoultely possible to bleach a mushroom:

RARE white mushroom!

sorry for the link, but im at work and have no way of posting the picture otherwise.

edit: the mushroom was originally red... it did eventually spit out another clear mushroom.

 

[FisheriesOmen]

Mushrooms expand when they are happy. But if the stalks of the mushroom are elongating towards the surface THEN that means its not getting enough light. Trust me, expand equals good.

 

[fishgillsaustin]

Mushrooms expand when they are happy. But if the stalks of the mushroom are elongating towards the surface THEN that means its not getting enough light. Trust me, expand equals good.

what do u mean what are the stalks?
-austin