Hairy Toadstool never quite opened all the way.

Slapp · Mar 26, 2022

Hey friends!
I acquired this coral in early January, and sense then the base has thickened up quite well and I’ve got a good chunk of growth. However, when it was in the store it had these huge flowing “tentacles” almost double the size of the coral. However when I took it home, it never realized that size again. The polyps always looked a little closed up. What should I do to fix it? I know it’s not a shed cause it’s been here for so long and shed in the meantime.

Slapp · Mar 26, 2022

It looked like this in the store

Slapp · Mar 31, 2022

Bump?

JGert89 · Apr 11, 2022

Also having this problem someone please help us!

KonradTO · May 23, 2022

Rubber Ducky · May 23, 2022

Slapp said:
Hey friends!
I acquired this coral in early January, and sense then the base has thickened up quite well and I’ve got a good chunk of growth. However, when it was in the store it had these huge flowing “tentacles” almost double the size of the coral. However when I took it home, it never realized that size again. The polyps always looked a little closed up. What should I do to fix it? I know it’s not a shed cause it’s been here for so long and shed in the meantime.

I have the same problem with my neon green toadstool...I don't get it...

Slapp · May 23, 2022

I moved mine out of the flow and it started extending more. Never to the full length and it never gained it’s color. Guess it’s a mystery for now guys.

Slapp · May 23, 2022

Look at this photo. The tentacle part is very extended, however the polyp is closed up?

KonradTO · May 24, 2022

Mine looks like the same most of the time. I had it in the tank for about a month

blaxsun · May 24, 2022

Sometimes it takes leathers a long time to adjust to the new parameters in your tank, ie: different water parameters, lighting, flow, etc.

jpark457 · May 24, 2022

My toadstool took about a year to change from just yellow to green. I think as other people have said that they are just really slow to totally settle. Mine went from the size of a nickel to like 4” around in that time and I think is still just about feeling at home. For me it seems to like being blasted with light but relatively little flow if that helps.