I have a 75G, mostly mushroom tank that has been going for about 10 years. The mushrooms have pretty much taken over and cover pretty much everything. A few days ago a few started to look shrivels and unhappy. Yesterday, the started to melt (emitting thick colored mucous with mesenterial filaments hanging out the base) and fall off. The reaction is cascading to surrounding mushrooms as well. I'm trying to control this by sweeping out the mucous and as much of the affected mushrooms as I can.
After reading though a few posts, I've learned that mushrooms and other soft corals can do this. I'm not sure there's really a definitive answer as to why this occurs though. The corals were not the highest in the bunch, I have medium lighting (T5 x4) and I haven't added anything or changed my routine in over a year. Mushrooms elsewhere in the tank remain healthy. If I were to guess, I might say this is a random stress reaction that somehow cascaded out of control (population density may be a factor there).
Does anyone have any more information of this subject?
After reading though a few posts, I've learned that mushrooms and other soft corals can do this. I'm not sure there's really a definitive answer as to why this occurs though. The corals were not the highest in the bunch, I have medium lighting (T5 x4) and I haven't added anything or changed my routine in over a year. Mushrooms elsewhere in the tank remain healthy. If I were to guess, I might say this is a random stress reaction that somehow cascaded out of control (population density may be a factor there).
Does anyone have any more information of this subject?
