My mushrooms seem to be dying, and I'm not sure what I've done wrong. They've looked sick for a while, and I thought they might be getting stung by my torch coral, so I moved them farther away and closer to the light. I also lost 2 small Xenia that just shriveled up completely. My star polyps, both my pink and purple one and my purple and neon green one, are doing great, and my torch coral seems ok. I added an additional 4 pounds of live rock one week ago.
My water:
CA- 600 ppm (I know that's high, how do I fix it?)
KH- 7 d or 125.3 ppm
Phosphate- 0
Nitrate - 40 ppm (high because of my mushrooms??)
My tank:
12 Gallon Aquapod, Running for 8 months
Fish: 1 Percula Clown, 2 damsels, and maybe 1 yellow watchman goby. I added the goby a week ago, thought the damsel got him, saw him a day later, and haven't seen him since.
Critters: 3 electric blue hermit crabs, 1 cleaner shrimp, 5 various snails, lots of bristle worms that I would like to get rid of.
Plus: Live Rock, 2 star polyps, multiple mushrooms, 1 torch coral,
The base is a mix of live sand and crushed coral, about 3 inches worth.
If you need any more info please let me know. Thank you in advance for your help! I'm really new to salt, and have yet to find a good LFS.
My water:
CA- 600 ppm (I know that's high, how do I fix it?)
KH- 7 d or 125.3 ppm
Phosphate- 0
Nitrate - 40 ppm (high because of my mushrooms??)
My tank:
12 Gallon Aquapod, Running for 8 months
Fish: 1 Percula Clown, 2 damsels, and maybe 1 yellow watchman goby. I added the goby a week ago, thought the damsel got him, saw him a day later, and haven't seen him since.
Critters: 3 electric blue hermit crabs, 1 cleaner shrimp, 5 various snails, lots of bristle worms that I would like to get rid of.
Plus: Live Rock, 2 star polyps, multiple mushrooms, 1 torch coral,
The base is a mix of live sand and crushed coral, about 3 inches worth.
If you need any more info please let me know. Thank you in advance for your help! I'm really new to salt, and have yet to find a good LFS.