Hi all,
I'm fairly new to reef keeping, my tank is roughly 4 months old at this point. I got a couple of ricordea mushrooms (R. yuma) about 2 weeks ago and I noticed last night that several of the tentacles appear to be falling off. I added a damsel and an emerald crab last weekend but haven't seen either picking at the corals. One of my clowns happily eats the tentacles that fall off but otherwise I haven't seen it nipping either. They seem to just slough off randomly. Last night I say about 8 or so lying on the substrate. A xenia I added at the same time the tips of which are also began curling outward over the past few days. I've added Kent essential elements earlier this week. I have an iodine supplement coming tomorrow which I'll also add.
Parameters last night were pH: 8.2, Sal: 1.023, Amm.: 0 ppm, Nitrite: 0 ppm, Nitrate: 0 ppm, PO4: 0 ppm, Temp: 79F. The flow is fairly low, they're on the other side of some rocks from the power head on the bottom.
I'm at a loss for what to change/do, any help is appreciated.
I'm fairly new to reef keeping, my tank is roughly 4 months old at this point. I got a couple of ricordea mushrooms (R. yuma) about 2 weeks ago and I noticed last night that several of the tentacles appear to be falling off. I added a damsel and an emerald crab last weekend but haven't seen either picking at the corals. One of my clowns happily eats the tentacles that fall off but otherwise I haven't seen it nipping either. They seem to just slough off randomly. Last night I say about 8 or so lying on the substrate. A xenia I added at the same time the tips of which are also began curling outward over the past few days. I've added Kent essential elements earlier this week. I have an iodine supplement coming tomorrow which I'll also add.
Parameters last night were pH: 8.2, Sal: 1.023, Amm.: 0 ppm, Nitrite: 0 ppm, Nitrate: 0 ppm, PO4: 0 ppm, Temp: 79F. The flow is fairly low, they're on the other side of some rocks from the power head on the bottom.
I'm at a loss for what to change/do, any help is appreciated.