First Toad Stool

cbrack83 · Dec 12, 2016

So I am just starting with Corals and one of the first one I picked up was a toad stool. I notice that he has these little black spots on some of the tips of his tentacles. Are these anything to worry about?

Hes growing pretty quick and besides this seems happy.

ahiggins · Dec 12, 2016

The black spots are retracted polyps. It will go away

cbrack83 · Dec 12, 2016

So are the not happy or just haven't full opened?

Ineedhelp · Dec 12, 2016

How long have you had him in the tank?

reeftanker17 · Dec 12, 2016

After the lights have been on awhile they should all open up

cbrack83 · Dec 12, 2016

I have had him for about a month. The light had just come on when I noticed them ( I am not always home when they first come on) and just looked again and there are only a few left now. Most of them are gone.

stevo01 · Dec 12, 2016

Looking great. +1 to @ahiggins

Be prepared for this to get BIG, and pretty fast.

gcrawford · Dec 12, 2016

Beautiful specimen! They grow quick and are some of my favorites...

cbrack83 · Dec 12, 2016

Ya I am noticing... He has almost doubled in the in the month that I have had him...

ahiggins · Dec 12, 2016

stevo01 said:
Looking great. +1 to @ahiggins

Be prepared for this to get BIG, and pretty fast.

Why, thank you

I only freaked out about my own toadstool for weeks before it became happy. You live, you learn lol

cbrack83 · Dec 12, 2016

@gcrawford what type of Toad Stool is that?

gcrawford · Dec 12, 2016

cbrack83 said:
@gcrawford what type of Toad Stool is that?

It was just called a "green" when I bought it a couple years ago. Lots of babies astound the tank now.....

gcrawford · Dec 12, 2016

Early pic....

cbrack83 · Dec 12, 2016

Its very impressive looking...

stevo01 · Dec 12, 2016

stevo01 · Dec 12, 2016

@gcrawford how long before it started dropping babies?

gcrawford · Dec 12, 2016

Wasn't long....actually they just started popping up around the base.

cbrack83 · Dec 21, 2016

I came home tonight and noticed what looks like algae on my toad stool. I don't really have any growing anywhere else... Why is this?

ahiggins · Dec 21, 2016

Oh that is weird...

stevo01 · Dec 21, 2016

cbrack83 said:
I came home tonight and noticed what looks like algae on my toad stool. I don't really have any growing anywhere else... Why is this?

Was it closed up?

This is what i experience with my leathers. My Toadstool, green finger, and kenya tree. They will randomly close/shrink for up to a couple weeks. When they open back up they shed this waxy skin and are generally larger than before.