Any idea what's up with this mushroom?

[mumra]

I forget what kind it is but I do know that is a "bounce" of some sort. The body is normally green with orange bubbles. I was thinking that it might have to do with me bringing my phosphates under control. It has been at 0.25 phosphates for quite a while and I have recently gotten it down to 0.06.

Here's are all of my most recent parameters:

Nitrate 0.92
Phosphates 0.06
Alkalinity 8.3
Magnesium 1200
Calcium 370

 

[Hunna]

Is there something physically wrong with it or just the color is off? Is it melted at all? Are the mesenterial filaments coming out anywhere?

 

[mumra]

The color is off. It's normally a dark green. No teal/white. It kinda reminded me of the old school GI Joe green and orange.

In this pic it's in the bottom right just to the right of the orange mushroom that's up against the glass.

 

[mumra]

I found a pic of a coral that it looked a lot like.

 

[york1]

Nitrate 0.92 Thats a little low.

 

[Hunna]

Your tank may be too “clean”.

 

[mumra]

Nitrate 0.92 Thats a little low.

Ya know. I was so focused on the Phosphates I didn't notice it was low.

 

[mumra]

It's gotten bigger...

 

[Hunna]

Could the yellow sponge behind the mushroom be irritating it?

 

[mumra]

Could the yellow sponge behind the mushroom be irritating it?

Maybe I should try to cut it off?

 

[Hunna]

If you don’t want to keep the sponge, you can scrape it off. You could also use a razor blade/scalpel to cut the mushroom off and let it attach to a different rock/rubble not covered in sponge.