Toadstool Leather

aman19 · 01-21-2009, 11:23 PM

Hey everyone.
I have a toadstool that is slouched over and disscharging? could this be because it is shedding ? I have never witnessed this before? anyone have experience with their toadstools shedding ? what does it look like? everything else is good water parms are good and corals/fish all acting normal.
Thanks

BigAl07 · 01-21-2009, 11:25 PM

They "pout/slouch" often.

By shedding does it look like it's simply sloughiing off a layer of skin? this is normal.

lcstorc · 01-21-2009, 11:28 PM

Give it some flow and a day or two.
Unless it gets mushy you should be good.

Reddog170 · 01-21-2009, 11:34 PM

Ok i am not quite as optimistic. How old is your tank? How long have you had it? Have you added anything else to your tank, including "treatments" of any kind? I can attest to the fact that a tank that is not fully cycled or has nitrites then your stool has very little chance. Shaun

aman19 · 01-21-2009, 11:47 PM

Okay Thanks for help.Much appreciated!

Jeremy0322 · 01-22-2009, 12:38 AM

Mine just got cranky a few days ago, alot of the arms got shriveled and black, then it completely closed up. Now, its fine. These corals are weird and finicky, i would give it a few days and see what happens.

aman19 · 01-22-2009, 03:46 PM

it is still responding to me touching it seeing if it is still alive. But the polyps are partly out . but some parts are white and looks like its shedding ? but it is completely flopped over? any suggestions?

Jeremy0322 · 01-22-2009, 03:48 PM

What are the exact parameters of the tank. I would more than likely just give it some more time, they get bitter sometimes and just dont come out to play. Then you wake up and its fine, mine JUST went through it...haha.

BigAl07 · 01-22-2009, 04:35 PM

Give it time. Mine will pout for days and days and then just perk up. The good news is that after the "pout" it usually comes back with more growth and better looking.

Stacef · 01-22-2009, 04:56 PM

Mine pouted for a very long time, almost 3 weeks when I added him. It stayed slouched and didn't show a sign of life, except shedded in the third week, it came to life one day, happier than ever.

It has done this since also... has pouted for a few days at a time.

I say just patience and wait it out.

lcstorc · 01-22-2009, 06:21 PM

If polyps are coming out at all, I would consider that a good sign.

Ratpack · 01-23-2009, 10:43 PM

They can be very finicky. When I added mine to my tank, it stayed smooth for about 2 months, I am not kidding. Then it slowly started to extend its polyps. As long as it is not deteriorating, it is probably just ticked off.

ZAPCOnj · 01-24-2009, 12:31 AM

Mine didn't show it's polyps for 3 days after i put him in. then he finally opened up. I had put a zoa rock near him a few days after that and he closed up again for about 4 days. I moved him to another spot away from the large zoa rock and then he opened up nearly right away..

as far as his slouching... he does that almost every night when the lights go out. i see him in the morning all bent over like he had a few shots of Glen levit too many. once the lights go on he stands up tall and shortly after his polyps come out again.

my toadstool sheds it's skin once in a while.. it kind of looks like elmers glue peeling off your hands... or snake skin......

what is around the one in your tank?

aman19 · 01-25-2009, 10:21 PM

The Toadstool is no longer!!! I guess he is just done with aquarium life?
Thanks for help.

BigAl07 · 01-25-2009, 10:35 PM

Sorry to hear that. Everything else ok in your tank?

01-21-2009, 11:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
aman19 Tunicate Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 15 View Gallery Karma Komment	Toadstool Leather Hey everyone. I have a toadstool that is slouched over and disscharging? could this be because it is shedding ? I have never witnessed this before? anyone have experience with their toadstools shedding ? what does it look like? everything else is good water parms are good and corals/fish all acting normal. Thanks

01-21-2009, 11:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,547 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Toadstool Leather They "pout/slouch" often. By shedding does it look like it's simply sloughiing off a layer of skin? this is normal. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

01-21-2009, 11:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Toadstool Leather Give it some flow and a day or two. Unless it gets mushy you should be good. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

01-21-2009, 11:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
Reddog170 Achilles Tang Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Winfield, IA Posts: 877 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Toadstool Leather Ok i am not quite as optimistic. How old is your tank? How long have you had it? Have you added anything else to your tank, including "treatments" of any kind? I can attest to the fact that a tank that is not fully cycled or has nitrites then your stool has very little chance. Shaun __________________ We are defined by the choices in whitch we make. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...t-sw-tank.html Moved to 100 http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ing-100-a.html VISIT MY CLUB SITE: www.iowareefs.com Ask me about Iowa reef events!

01-21-2009, 11:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
aman19 Tunicate Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 15 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Toadstool Leather Okay Thanks for help.Much appreciated!

01-22-2009, 12:38 AM	#6 (permalink)
Jeremy0322 Tridacna maxima Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 4,753 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Toadstool Leather Mine just got cranky a few days ago, alot of the arms got shriveled and black, then it completely closed up. Now, its fine. These corals are weird and finicky, i would give it a few days and see what happens. __________________ UNCW 2011 -Marine Biology Major -Oceanography Minor The old 90 Gallon Build r.i.p Only after the last tree's cut And the last river poisoned Only after the last fish is caught Will you find that money cannot be eaten....

01-22-2009, 03:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
aman19 Tunicate Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 15 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Toadstool Leather it is still responding to me touching it seeing if it is still alive. But the polyps are partly out . but some parts are white and looks like its shedding ? but it is completely flopped over? any suggestions?

01-22-2009, 03:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jeremy0322 Tridacna maxima Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 4,753 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Toadstool Leather What are the exact parameters of the tank. I would more than likely just give it some more time, they get bitter sometimes and just dont come out to play. Then you wake up and its fine, mine JUST went through it...haha. __________________ UNCW 2011 -Marine Biology Major -Oceanography Minor The old 90 Gallon Build r.i.p Only after the last tree's cut And the last river poisoned Only after the last fish is caught Will you find that money cannot be eaten....

01-22-2009, 04:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,547 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Toadstool Leather Give it time. Mine will pout for days and days and then just perk up. The good news is that after the "pout" it usually comes back with more growth and better looking. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

01-22-2009, 04:56 PM	#10 (permalink)
Stacef Golden Moray Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dubuque Posts: 2,620 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Toadstool Leather Mine pouted for a very long time, almost 3 weeks when I added him. It stayed slouched and didn't show a sign of life, except shedded in the third week, it came to life one day, happier than ever. It has done this since also... has pouted for a few days at a time. I say just patience and wait it out. __________________ Stace My 72g Build-full of pictures, we all know you loce pictures! I've had to pay my price. The things I did not know at first, I learned by doin' twice. -Billy Joel

01-22-2009, 06:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Toadstool Leather If polyps are coming out at all, I would consider that a good sign. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

01-23-2009, 10:43 PM	#12 (permalink)
Ratpack Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lexington, SC Posts: 358 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Toadstool Leather They can be very finicky. When I added mine to my tank, it stayed smooth for about 2 months, I am not kidding. Then it slowly started to extend its polyps. As long as it is not deteriorating, it is probably just ticked off. __________________ Tim My first build thread: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-75g-reef.html

01-24-2009, 12:31 AM	#13 (permalink)
ZAPCOnj Yes that's me. Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: East of reality Posts: 1,590 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Toadstool Leather Mine didn't show it's polyps for 3 days after i put him in. then he finally opened up. I had put a zoa rock near him a few days after that and he closed up again for about 4 days. I moved him to another spot away from the large zoa rock and then he opened up nearly right away.. as far as his slouching... he does that almost every night when the lights go out. i see him in the morning all bent over like he had a few shots of Glen levit too many. once the lights go on he stands up tall and shortly after his polyps come out again. my toadstool sheds it's skin once in a while.. it kind of looks like elmers glue peeling off your hands... or snake skin...... what is around the one in your tank? __________________ My 40 gal Reef...

01-25-2009, 10:21 PM	#14 (permalink)
aman19 Tunicate Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 15 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Toadstool Leather The Toadstool is no longer!!! I guess he is just done with aquarium life? Thanks for help.

01-25-2009, 10:35 PM	#15 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,547 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Toadstool Leather Sorry to hear that. Everything else ok in your tank? __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

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