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Do you think the lavender mushroom above is dying or splitting into two? I swear it's growing a second butthole but it's my first coral and I really don't know. I wouldn't be surprised if it's not doing so well, story below. On the other hand, to my completely untrained eye, it also looks like it's splitting in to two mushrooms.
So long story short...my distiller broke a week ago, I unknowingly had a nitrate breakout, and went through surgery and was stuck in bed for the last week because the pain was too great to move. I think there was a third or fourth problem but I don't remember now. I'll update if I recall. UPDATE: my Hanna calcium checker reads 200 no matter what. I was dosing more with each test to get ready for the mushroom. Got annoyed and added a lot of calcium supplement. It still read 200 and I freaked out and did a 30% water change the night before the mushroom arrived. To test my theory I'm going to test the supplement I use straight in the kit.
The nitrates are now under control. It was caused by the after math of a macro algae experiment done in my DIY all in one sump for my 16 gallon tank.