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could it be the quality of shroom? i notice all the mushrooms i bought through mail order are the ones im having trouble with. i have one mushroom rock that i bought locally several months ago and that seems to be ok and thriving. i think ill try more mushrooms but not from online sources, maybe...

they dont like pc lighting meaning its too dim? they need it brighter? or less light? that would explain why the runaway shroom behind the rock is getting huge and gave birth lol i used to add iodine in a buffer a+b i stopped using it since my starpolyps hated it, they would close for days...

ok i have no clue why i can keep other corals but the most easiest of all i cant get to live all my mushrooms always shrivel up and die i have star polyps, zoa's, candycanes, yellow polyps, toadstool and a big ball of macro algae all doing great, but all my shrooms are shriveling i dont get...

yeah it hasnt gotten any worse, so i think its the charcoal dust too thank heavens lol :lol: my skimmer should be arriving friday, i got the prizm :roll: live rock is coming tomorrow oh joy :D

maybe its all the white powdery stuff washing off and this is the real color? lol i have no clue wha it is, weird since theres no life yet in the tank, so its basically a sterile environment maybe the rock is coming back to life :D ...ok i know thats impossible hehe the rock was cheap too, 50...

heres 2 pics, they were bone white when i first placed them in, they actually look more natural now with that black shady stuff on it lol

i added reef rocks (caribsea) which is petrified coral to use as base rock in my new 55 gallon set up. its only been set up for 3 days. 90 lbs of aragamax bahama sand, 50 lbs reef rocks, specific gravity is 1.025 and temp is 80 ive been keeping the light on for about 6 hours per day so i have...