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10-10-2008, 09:37 PM
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| Scopas Tang  |  Bleached Toadstool I learned a very avoidable lesson today... I took my 64oz tropic marin Calcium bottle that was empty, washed it out, took off the sticker and used it to hold my toadstool and cauliflower frags till they attach.. Had them in my refuge/sump under the pc light thinking that it would be enough light for them... Left them for 3-4 days and i just was checking up on them... Half of the toadstool frags are bleached white but still together, and the cauliflower was deteriating.. I took them out and said enough of this and superglued the trunk of the cauliflower frag down and rubber banded it onto a piece of rock so that i could put it back up in the display tank so i got more light and movement. Then the frags i took a glad tuberware container(very small) put rubble rock at the bottom and then put the mostly bleached frags into it and layed it in my display tank hopeing that it will keep them alive.. I didnt mean for this to happen and i feel so friggen stupid to have thought my pc light would have been enough for them. The cauliflower still has color but is torn up, praying for him to come through, and the toadstool pieces are laying on the rocks in a low flow zone but still get hit enough to keep the water moving... How much of a chance you think they have?... Like i said above i learned a hard lesson today that could have been avoided...
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10-10-2008, 10:34 PM
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| Scopas Tang | Re: Bleached Toadstool Come on people i know someone can help this moron out lol.
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10-11-2008, 12:49 AM
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| recovering overfeeder   | Re: Bleached Toadstool I can't help you, but here's a free 
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10-11-2008, 12:52 AM
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| Achilles Tang  | Re: Bleached Toadstool probably just the outside thats bad, i personally give a 75% survival rate. keep them in good conditions now and they should pop back
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10-11-2008, 08:23 AM
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| Sunshine Reefer   | Re: Bleached Toadstool PC lighting in general should be enough for leathers. They are one of the corals I recommend to people with low lighting. I would look somewhere else for the cause but I really don't have any ideas on that one. Maybe not enough flow?
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10-11-2008, 10:07 AM
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| Scopas Tang | Re: Bleached Toadstool Ya didnt have to much flow... all i can do now is pray.
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10-11-2008, 10:37 AM
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| Sunshine Reefer | Re: Bleached Toadstool They don't like to be blown around but they do need some flow around them to blow off the slime.
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10-11-2008, 10:57 AM
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| Scopas Tang | Re: Bleached Toadstool Ya, just i have never seen them get this white... One good sign is that they are still held together and not mush... But ya... think an iodine dip will do any good?
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10-11-2008, 11:39 AM
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| -CHAUVINIST PIG-  | Re: Bleached Toadstool id suggest just leavin them alone. give them a chance to recover
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10-11-2008, 12:34 PM
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| Scopas Tang | Re: Bleached Toadstool ya i guess  hope my little buddies are alright.Also what does it mean when your toadstool(big one) looks deflated in the trunk?
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10-11-2008, 12:37 PM
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| -CHAUVINIST PIG- | Re: Bleached Toadstool i means its adjusting. that thing is like 99.999% water. ive always fount that softies take longer than stonies to like adjust to a new system. it should (being in a new tank) deflate, slime over and reinflate. keep an eye on it, and dont freak out unless the thing starts to dissolve
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10-11-2008, 12:40 PM
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| Scopas Tang | Re: Bleached Toadstool K because he has been in my tank since the start 3-4 months. So that shocking water change could be what its adjusting to?
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10-11-2008, 12:47 PM
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| -CHAUVINIST PIG- | Re: Bleached Toadstool that would be my assumption. time tells all
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10-11-2008, 01:04 PM
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| Achilles Tang | Re: Bleached Toadstool yeah, toadstools are picky. When i added halides to my old tank my 8" toadstool closed up for 2 weeks. my 125g has been going for a month and he only opens a few arms at night
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10-11-2008, 08:28 PM
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| Scopas Tang | Re: Bleached Toadstool The mother is upright again, the frags still look pissed lol but i guess they will need a couple months to get better 
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