Hairy mushroom dead?

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  1. p5ngmeawy

    p5ngmeawy Plankton

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    I just came home after a 10 hour shift at work, in the morning the mushroom looked shrunken. Now it has translucent weird blobs floating around, as well as its split in half.

    Is it dead? Should I take it out before it nukes everything? Or is it doing something completely normal and I'm freaking out for nothing.

    :-/

    edit: the other corals in my tank (zoas, trumpets, birdnest, frogspawn, etc) are as happy as can be

    ammonia: 0
    nitrate - 0
    nitrite - 0
    calcium 425
    ph 8
     

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  2. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    Unless this is a huge coral in a small tank I don't think it will nuke the tank. but I have no idea what is going on with it, It may be turning inside out or something like anemone and puking
     
    sostoudt, Dec 30, 2010
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  3. damon

    damon Sea Dragon

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    I would just chill and watch it, if you lucky it's just going to split into two of them.
     
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  4. con999

    con999 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    when something dies it dosent nuke the tank. unless the tank is a .5 gallon one shroom wont do anything. but shrooms are relly stong i be surprised if it died
     
    con999, Jan 2, 2011
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