Help with a coral

[kichimark]

Is that 9 hours including the moon lights or 9 hours of just the day lights?

Sorry about that. 9 hours with day lights on and after that I have the moon lights / actinic on for another couple hours. Those are very dim and doubt they offer much PAR though.

 

[kichimark]

Sorry for the bad picture but the yuma (like yours) is in the lower left. It does not really get any direct light and I have some ugly ceramic disk in there to prevent it from stinging the other corals since it grows massive. The cup close by has a few mushrooms that are waiting to attach to a substrate.

 

[sfairtx]

Working on changing the settings now.



The lower spot I put it in will definitely get less flow. So helpfully that will fix two birds with one stone.

Here's a crazy-ish idea. I had it in the original place because it looked a little barren. If it does turn around, would it acclimate if I slowly moved it back to the original place? If not, what is something that can handle a little more flow and/or light?

I can't imagine that being the case (certain corals like certain lighting/flow/parameters etc). That said, someone may refute that. There are many things that like more flow and light than a mushroom. The question is what did you have in mind for the spot? You doing a mixed reef?

 

[Bleigh]

Sorry for the bad picture but the yuma (like yours) is in the lower left. It does not really get any direct light and I have some ugly ceramic disk in there to prevent it from stinging the other corals since it grows massive. The cup close by has a few mushrooms that are waiting to attach to a substrate.

Looks beautiful! I did not even know that kind would sting. Where I moved it to has another coral in the general area. I may need to look for a better place in the morning.

There is so much to know about salt water tanks. I've almost always had fresh water, and normally several of them. This is my first attempt at salt water. I'm finding it quite rewarding. (And thanks for answering the light time question.)

 

[kichimark]

Looks beautiful! I did not even know that kind would sting. Where I moved it to has another coral in the general area. I may need to look for a better place in the morning.

There is so much to know about salt water tanks. I've almost always had fresh water, and normally several of them. This is my first attempt at salt water. I'm finding it quite rewarding. (And thanks for answering the light time question.)

Thank you :). It is a rewarding hobby and sometimes can be a struggle and painful but luckily there are lots of people to help and we have all been there before.

It is hard to see in the pic but there are discosoma mushrooms on the other side of the ceramic tiles and if the yuma touches them, the discosomas shrivel on that side. Never was a problem before but then again everything is growing so good in the tank and I am out of space so they are fighting.

 

[Bleigh]

I can't imagine that being the case (certain corals like certain lighting/flow/parameters etc). That said, someone may refute that. There are many things that like more flow and light than a mushroom. The question is what did you have in mind for the spot? You doing a mixed reef?

Honestly, I've been relying on the lfs owner for advice on which corals to put in. I just have such little knowledge on corals at this point - he's told me the names of some of them a few times, and I still can't remember what they are - at some point I should record my questions, because it becomes embarrassing to ask the same ones repetitively.

On a side note, my frogspawn started bleaching too. I was certain it was dieing. The owner told me to keep it where it was. He said it was fragged from a massive coral and was just in shock. It came back nicely and is very happy. The frogspawn went in about a month before the mushrooms. I do not know the history of this mushroom frag and haven't thought to ask about it the past couple of times I've been in.

 

[Bleigh]

Thank you :). It is a rewarding hobby and sometimes can be a struggle and painful but luckily there are lots of people to help and we have all been there before.

It is hard to see in the pic but there are discosoma mushrooms on the other side of the ceramic tiles and if the yuma touches them, the discosomas shrivel on that side. Never was a problem before but then again everything is growing so good in the tank and I am out of space so they are fighting.

How big is the tank? My thoughts were I'd see if I could manage my 29g bio cube as a salt water tank for a few months to a year and maybe consider buying a larger reef tank. It's been maybe 2 months and I can hardly wait to get a bigger one. When the LFS told me I'd definitely be buying a bigger tank, I kinda scoffed. Now I know why he said that. It seems *mildly* addictive.

 

[Matt Carden]

I just got the same mushroom as my first coral yesterday. Good luck

 

[kichimark]

How big is the tank? My thoughts were I'd see if I could manage my 29g bio cube as a salt water tank for a few months to a year and maybe consider buying a larger reef tank. It's been maybe 2 months and I can hardly wait to get a bigger one. When the LFS told me I'd definitely be buying a bigger tank, I kinda scoffed. Now I know why he said that. It seems *mildly* addictive.

That is my Fluval Evo and is 13.5G although there is probably only half that in water volume in there haha. I actually downgraded from a 100G when I moved. Here is a pic of that one and even that one was getting small. I probably would never be happy unless I have my own ocean haha. You can see the yuma underneath that huge leather coral.

But in all honesty. Even though the bigger tanks are awesome, it did take more time with keeping it up and with my son (now 4) getting very active I love having the extra time to spend with him instead of cleaning a tank. It literally takes 5 minutes to do a water change on that Evo haha.

 

[Bleigh]

That is my Fluval Evo and is 13.5G although there is probably only half that in water volume in there haha. I actually downgraded from a 100G when I moved. Here is a pic of that one and even that one was getting small. I probably would never be happy unless I have my own ocean haha. You can see the yuma underneath that huge leather coral.

But in all honesty. Even though the bigger tanks are awesome, it did take more time with keeping it up and with my son (now 4) getting very active I love having the extra time to spend with him instead of cleaning a tank. It literally takes 5 minutes to do a water change on that Evo haha.

WOW!!!! That's amazing! I'm super jealous! I'm definitely counting down the days until I upgrade to a bigger DT.

My son is 5 and he loves the tanks as much as me. He kisses the glass/fish in the morning and at night. I am able to work from home a few days of the week. One of those days is normally when I set aside some time in the morning to do tank maintenance.

 

[Wirat]

I'm not sure what other corals are in your tank but you should probably pick up a calcium and magnesium test kit as well. If you're doing water changes frequently with only a few corals that would probably keep levels where they needed to be but in my opinion the testing for alkalinity, calcium and magnesium are always where I go if I see issues.

 

[Bleigh]

I'm not sure what other corals are in your tank but you should probably pick up a calcium and magnesium test kit as well. If you're doing water changes frequently with only a few corals that would probably keep levels where they needed to be but in my opinion the testing for alkalinity, calcium and magnesium are always where I go if I see issues.

Thank you. I will add them to my list with the phosphate test kit.

 

[kichimark]

WOW!!!! That's amazing! I'm super jealous! I'm definitely counting down the days until I upgrade to a bigger DT.

My son is 5 and he loves the tanks as much as me. He kisses the glass/fish in the morning and at night. I am able to work from home a few days of the week. One of those days is normally when I set aside some time in the morning to do tank maintenance.

Sweet. My son only cares about the clowns, asterinas and what he calls octopuses (actually small brittle stars). I guess the corals don't move much for him to get excited haha.

Definitely move down that Yuma though when you can in the morning and keep us updated on its progress :).

 

[Bleigh]

Sweet. My son only cares about the clowns, asterinas and what he calls octopuses (actually small brittle stars). I guess the corals don't move much for him to get excited haha.

Definitely move down that Yuma though when you can in the morning and keep us updated on its progress :).

I've already moved it down a bit. It's the one in about the middle lower portion. Do you think it would be even happier further down? Sorry about the weird lights. I haven't figured out how to make the blue color not be so strong in pictures.

 

[kichimark]

I've already moved it down a bit. It's the one in about the middle lower portion. Do you think it would be even happier further down? Sorry about the weird lights. I haven't figured out how to make the blue color not be so strong in pictures.

Yeah the camera never really captures the colors with the actinics on.

I would honestly move him down to the bottom. He is very bleached. Once it makes a recovery you can gradually move him up some.

 

[ShaunRobinson]

Whenever you buy a new coral always start it off on the sand in a lowish light and flow area then you can slowly move it up to its final position over a couple of weeks. Mushrooms are pretty hardy and it should come round. If it doesn’t start to regain its health over the next couple of days then try this.
Get a small Tupperware (not sure if they are called Tupperware in the states but I mean a small plastic food tub) and put some live rock rubble in the bottom. Place the mushroom on top of the rock rubble and place on the sand in a lowish flow area of your tank. Over the next week or so the mushroom should reattach to one of the pieces of rock. Once you are happy you can then glue or cement the rock where you would like it to go. Hope that all makes sense.

Shaun.

 

[DraggingTail]

So I need to get a phosphate kit. I have no clue what it’s at. I’m not really sure how to answer the light questions. I’m using the lights that came with the Biocube. I have the white come on at sunrise, UV comes on an hour later. Then they both go off and moonlight comes on a sundown and moonlight turns off about 4 hours later with no light on until sunrise. Right now, that’s about 10 hours of no lights. I did the lights intuitively an based off no research.

It’s a 29 gallon biocube and lights are a standard distance from surface. If that’s not useful information, I could go measure the actual distance.

Run you lights less

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like a bleached out ricordea. Blue/bluer light is needed. If no test kits, take a water sample to LFS for testing to see where your levels are at.

 

[Reeferguy365]

That's funny my little boy kisses the glass to trying to kiss a fish. Now on the mushroom if you can get a small Tupperware like 3"×3" and cut some holes on the side put some Rubble or small Rock in it and just set the mushroom inside of it. It will eventually attached itself to some of the Rock Rubble. Mushrooms are probably one of the easiest corals of all to keep they don't mind if the water is dirty they actually like it they just don't like high flow so sandbed is the easiest. My profile picture is actually my 29 BioCube before I tore it down. Also one thing to keep in mind is not all tanks are the same what works in one tank might not work in the other. In my 180 I have high flow and my blue lights are on for 16 hours yet my mushrooms are super happy some are on the sand bed and some are higher up in the rocks

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[Scribz718]

Ricordia Yuma are exceptionally finicky. Some are the toughest you’d ever seen. Other melt over the course of a few weeks. If it came from an LFS, chances are it’s extremely stressed from all the moves. If it’s wild, good chance it won’t make it. If it’s aquacultured, move it to an area of little light and near no flow.