Toadstool Leather not opening up

[yaksplat]

My toadstool isn't opening up. All other corals are doing great...hammer, frogspawns, greenstar polyps, torch and galaxy.

It seems like it partially opens when i wave to get rid of its excess skin and then retracts the polyps. But it hasn't fully opened yet. any ideas?

Jim

 

[reefrunner69]

Sounds like it is shedding, this will occur periodically as the toadstool rids itself of mucos, detritus and algae build up. Good flow will speed the process up.

 

[yaksplat]

how long does that normally take? Days, weeks? It's been 4 days now

Jim

 

[reefrunner69]

Well, the more flow the more quickly it goes, but alot is dependant on size and tank conditions too, but average is 4-7 days.

 

[WarOrks15]

hmm that must have been the reason mine was closed for like a week. then i put a new pump on the tank and it opend up in a few days after that. with a ton of slime like mucos. and it prolly helped that i added gac to the tank too.

what is near the toadstool?

 

[yaksplat]

Everything is well separated in the tank. Well, except for the two frogspawns and the torch, But they look fantastic.

Jim