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03/13/2010, 08:57 PM
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mushroom corals turning white
Over the last week, I've noticed my purple mushrooms have turned white! Not only turned white, they seem to be shrinking and I think they're actually dying.
Could this be because I recently upgraded my lights? I now have PC lighting, a total of 130 watts of 50/50 bulbs, over a 20 long tank. The rest of my corals (leather, hammer, other color mushrooms, kenya tree, various polyps and zoos) are all doing fine.
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Left hand, right hand. It doesn't matter. I'm amphibious. Current Tank Info: 20g (long) reef, PC lighting, skimmer, 4 fish, lots of LR, shooms, zoos, colt, leather, toadstool, hammer, torch, frogspawn, cleaner shrimp, hermits, & snails |
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03/13/2010, 09:36 PM
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Location: MA
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That would do it.
You have enough lighting there to keep sps. Why did you upgrade the lighting?
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Bob Current Tank Info: 90 gallon,mixed Reef,2-250 watt Optix 3 pendants(Phoenix 14K)2-54 watt T5 Super actnics ,ASM G-2 Gate/recirc mods,70 gal. basement sump,20L ref |
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03/13/2010, 11:11 PM
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Yes, either an increase or decrease in light can cause that IME. Or if they aqre not getting enough light.
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Matt, 65G reef tank Current Tank Info: 65g reef, mix of sps, lps, few softies. Hoping to upgrade within the year. |
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03/14/2010, 12:17 AM
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put them in the shade and see what happens. white=bleaching
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Only Dead fish swim with the current. Current Tank Info: 2 50 gal tanks, sump, still BB |
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