brown mushrooms

[brent6969]

WHen mushrooms turn brown is this due to to much light. I have my hairy mushrooms at the bottom of the tank. I have a 10 gallon with 96 w pc. Every thing else is doing good.

[Germanman]

what was the color of them before? and do they still open and act normal or do they seem stressed and are releasing lots of mucus?

[brent6969]

what was the color of them before? and do they still open and act normal or do they seem stressed and are releasing lots of mucus?

before they were a greenish color. They do open i would say fully. They were stressed a couple weeks ago as they were completely shrunk up and some sort of purple stuff was coming out of there mouths. Do they need less or more light

[Germanman]

did u recently get different lights? if so they may need to adjust if they seen distressed then you should move them lower or away from the light source.

[brent6969]

well the day i brought it home that's when they turned bad. I do have a lot more light than the store though.

[Germanman]

strange how are all the water parameters then?

[brent6969]

water params are good they seem to be coming back though there color seems to be coming back and they have gotten quite big. I was worried about them for the longest time. THey are pretty ugly but what can ya do.

[GVR-4579]

Give them good water and some supplements and they should come around as it sounds they are doing.

[jojo22]

Also take into consideration the color specturm of the lighting. The color of a coral at the pet store may not be the same as in your tank. Most pet stores use bulbs with a high Kelvin rateing and/or lots of supplimental lighting to bring out the flouresence in a coral to make it more attractive to potential customers.

[Cavalier2123]

I've noticed this in my tank as well. I have greens and reds which I bought while they were still small. They were vibrant under my lighting, but as they grew in size the color became much more dull. The dark greens have a brownish color when they are fully bloomed.

[Germanman]

i actually wanted to know the exact parmiters good or ok or fine dont mean much.

[spinx]

Hi , I have 15 green ones and 7 brown ones in my 14 gal and they are doing extremely well. Mushrooms are amongst the most hardy corals to keep. They arent very picky. :hang: