Mushroom vs Favia

kelley_mc · 01/07/2009, 07:12 AM

The other day I noticed that my favia was melting. When I took it out to frag the dead part away I noticed three mushrooms were growing under it, the location where it was melting.

Can the mushroom touching it have caused the favia to die?

Here is a pic of the shrooms - http://ctfishstores.com/blogs/kelley...s/blueshrooms/
Here is a pic of the favia - http://ctfishstores.com/blogs/kelley...-photos/favia/

If you look closely at the pic of the favia, you can see a blue shroom starting to grow up near the bottom of the favia.

Thanks!
Kelley

m2434 · 01/07/2009, 07:16 AM

"Can the mushroom touching it have caused the favia to die?"

Yes that is quite possible, one will win out, but I'd bet on the mushroom, it seems the less expensive corals always win

I'd try to remove the mushroom or use joes juice (or equivalent) to kill it.

kelley_mc · 01/07/2009, 10:17 AM

That would seem to make sense. Are shrooms really that aggressive? I know they spread like mad but I was unaware they could kill a coral.

I think I am going to do a good thinning soon and see how many I can get rid of.

01/07/2009, 07:12 AM	#1
kelley_mc Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,543	Mushroom vs Favia The other day I noticed that my favia was melting. When I took it out to frag the dead part away I noticed three mushrooms were growing under it, the location where it was melting. Can the mushroom touching it have caused the favia to die? Here is a pic of the shrooms - http://ctfishstores.com/blogs/kelley...s/blueshrooms/ Here is a pic of the favia - http://ctfishstores.com/blogs/kelley...-photos/favia/ If you look closely at the pic of the favia, you can see a blue shroom starting to grow up near the bottom of the favia. Thanks! Kelley __________________ Thank you to our troops! Current Tank Info: 37 gal AGA with 20 gal sump/refugium, Coralife Super Skimmer 125, Current Sunpaq 150 watt MH, 2 Koralia Nanos for flow, Ebo Jager 200 and 150 watt heaters, 65 lbs LR (Fiji, Caribbean, Uaniva), Chaeto, Quiet One 4000 return pump, 24 watt UV sterilizer

01/07/2009, 07:16 AM	#2
m2434 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,171	"Can the mushroom touching it have caused the favia to die?" Yes that is quite possible, one will win out, but I'd bet on the mushroom, it seems the less expensive corals always win I'd try to remove the mushroom or use joes juice (or equivalent) to kill it. __________________ Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there. ~Richard Feynman

01/07/2009, 10:17 AM	#3
kelley_mc Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,543	That would seem to make sense. Are shrooms really that aggressive? I know they spread like mad but I was unaware they could kill a coral. I think I am going to do a good thinning soon and see how many I can get rid of. __________________ Thank you to our troops! Current Tank Info: 37 gal AGA with 20 gal sump/refugium, Coralife Super Skimmer 125, Current Sunpaq 150 watt MH, 2 Koralia Nanos for flow, Ebo Jager 200 and 150 watt heaters, 65 lbs LR (Fiji, Caribbean, Uaniva), Chaeto, Quiet One 4000 return pump, 24 watt UV sterilizer