Changes in my beautiful Toadstool

[Keith Russell]

My Toadstool leather is my favorite coral in my tank. Lately it hasn't been happy. I attached a happy leather and then the last 2 weeks it has been unhappy, hence the unhappy picture. Please take a look and let me know if there is anything wrong, or it's just going through some sort of change.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Retro Reefer]

Unfortunately it doesn’t look good for that leather, they will go through stages where they won’t open and look bad but with yours the tan areas indicate it’s dying.. I’m assuming it’s a rather new tank from the pictures? Can you post more information about your tank such as lighting and filtration methods and also a complete list of parameters? I would say something is severely off with your tank as your torch also looks like it’s declining rapidly in the second picture.

 

[Keith Russell]

Thanks retro for the info. My tank is a 75 gallon standard. My parameters as of Friday were Ammonia 0, Nitrates maybe a trace. My test said zero, Specific Gravity 1.025, Calcium 525, didn't do a alk test. Lighting 165 watt LED black box, 59 watt LED strip. I run my black box 7 hours and my LED 8 hours so I can take advantage fo the sunrise/sunset feature on the LED strip. Filtration: 8 gallon sump. I have a skimmer, but have not been able to solve the micro-bubble issue as of yet. The torch coral you were referring too is actually a Duncan. I took the picture when the lights were down but that to hasn't been very happy. About 6 weeks ago I moved from a 45 gallon tall tank to the current 75. my 45 was 2 years old. I used almost all my water from the 45, but the sump was new. I just don't understand it. My 45 was beautiful now this one hasn't really been good at all.

 

[Keith Russell]

Since I switched tanks I have lost a royal gramma, an LTA, a Hammer, and assorted mushroom Corals.

 

[timrocks311]

they do shed their skin and retract their polyps while doing so. it can take a while to go through this phase. I'm not certain, but it could just be shedding.

 

[Coralreefer1]

Try an iodine dip and move it to a place with better light and water flow. Just make sure other corals with sweeper tentacles don’t come in contact with it or the Toadstool will get stung and injured?

 

[norfolkgarden]

The 45 gallon tank looks beautiful.

The new tank and stand also looks beautiful.

Was it new or used?

 

[Retro Reefer]

Thanks retro for the info. My tank is a 75 gallon standard. My parameters as of Friday were Ammonia 0, Nitrates maybe a trace. My test said zero, Specific Gravity 1.025, Calcium 525, didn't do a alk test. Lighting 165 watt LED black box, 59 watt LED strip. I run my black box 7 hours and my LED 8 hours so I can take advantage fo the sunrise/sunset feature on the LED strip. Filtration: 8 gallon sump. I have a skimmer, but have not been able to solve the micro-bubble issue as of yet. The torch coral you were referring too is actually a Duncan. I took the picture when the lights were down but that to hasn't been very happy. About 6 weeks ago I moved from a 45 gallon tall tank to the current 75. my 45 was 2 years old. I used almost all my water from the 45, but the sump was new. I just don't understand it. My 45 was beautiful now this one hasn't really been good at all.

Sorry don’t know why I said torch.. moving one tank to another is going to cause a lot of instability which is probably most of your problems and potentially photo shock if your using different lighting, your parameters don’t look bad but calcium is high so I would check your Alk and mag levels they may also out of line. it’s probably just going to take time for the tank to stabilize and get back to normal, sometimes it’s just like starting over when you upgrade tanks.. I would try to keep all your parameters in line as stability is your friend.