mushrooms not doing well

[bandito974]

I know they are like weeds for most, but I can't seem to get mushrooms to last in my tank.
My nitrates are 0 nitrites 0
My clams thrive my frogspawn and hammers do well.
But the Shrooms seem to die off and never multiply.
Does anyone have any idea?
Too much light? too much flow?

 

[brokentofu]

Some other details might help. Like what lighting your using, how much flow you have, etc etc.

 

[bandito974]

250w MH
I have a Koralia 3 and a Koralia 2 as well as a sump
The tank is 72 gallon

 

[ReeferArt]

Could you be dosing too much iodine?

 

[ReefGod]

Too much light, mushrooms shrink and look ugly under MH's, if you have a dark corner, throw them in there and see if they look better in a few weeks.

 

[bandito974]

Art, I have not put in any iodine in over 4 weeks now and just did a water change

ReefGod
I will try and stick some in a corner and see what happens, but for the most part most people I see have tons of shrooms under the same conditions

Thanks

 

[the floor guy]

have u checked your mag and alk?

 

[bimmerzs]

Double check your salinity and PH, they may be off. If you use a hydrometer then get a lfs to check your salinity and calibrate your hydrometer against their refractometer.

Cheers,

 

[DaveG99]

@bandito974 wrote:

I wish I had that problem....lol