How do I save my mushrooms?

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So I just got back from a vacation so I’m overdue for a water change (coming tomorrow) testing the tank when I get to work (I work in the freshwater dept of my LFS). This mushroom has been struggling for a while but I came back and it’s looking rough, it’s completely moved from the plug. I think it’s getting Too much light bc it’s right under my AI Prime. But I cemented the plug in because I have a mantis shrimp (who hasn’t been seen bugging the coral, nor does he go that high but I did it as a precaution before I got him, and I have to cement more zoas in because they’re getting moved, by him or knocked off by my snails idk). I’m new to saltwater so I don’t really know what to do about the mushroom. My orange one is looking rough too but I think that might be water because it was fine before I left, but this blue one is struggling. I’ll post my water test when I get home tonight from work. Can I move it? How? Where to?

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Here’s my light schedule. I run carbon and phosguard for chemical filtration.
 

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Update the orange one is more open, and the blue one is now on my sandbed, I’m doing a water change tomorrow and I’ll be moving it and some zoas to better spots on the rock work. Should I glue it down? I’m gonna move it to underneath the rock it was on so it’s not getting blasted with light. I got my water tested, salinity was 1.025, Kh 11, Cal 420, phosphate .1 and nitrate 10. Everything is normal except nitrate is a bit high but that’s to be expected, My main nutrient export rn is water changes and im 3 weeks behind (mantis was molting then I was out of town)
 

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