I noticed today that my toadstool has a hole in it. It has excellent polyp extension and looks healthy otherwise. No soft tissue and doesn't stink. I dipped it in lugols solution as a precaution. Anybody else seen this?
My toadstool has a hole
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I noticed today that my toadstool has a hole in it. It has excellent polyp extension and looks healthy otherwise. No soft tissue and doesn't stink. I dipped it in lugols solution as a precaution. Anybody else seen this?
tupes
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I have a hole in my Green polyp toadstool. Some have tol me it could be water parameters or depending on the size it can be trying to drop part of itself due to the weight pulling it down in certin direction
reefjunkie77
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How's your flow in the tank? In my experience,when toadstools usually get holes in their crowns, it usually results from a build up of too much sediment that settles in one place.This starts to block the light and eventually cause damage by burning the coral. Try re-positioning the flow in your tank so that the polyps of the leather coral are flowing within the current,this can help keep the sediment in the water column and help prevent it from settling and causing more damage.As these corals grow larger, it becomes more important to increase the flow as well. I have had this happen to me with 12" green polyped toadstool that I grew from a 2" frag. I do agree with The lugols dip as it will help to prevent the spread of the recession, but if you don't re-position the low, the recession will likely continue. Don't worry about the hole because if you keep up with your water quality after the flow issue is settled, it will heal in time. If it does not heal, then you could easily just frag the coral by cutting off a healthy area of the crown, and attaching it to a frag plug with fishing line.Good Luck and don't give up!
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Old thread but mine started getting a single hole just like in this picture.
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Is there any new research on this event?
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If its like the photo, its self fragging. It will be fine. It will drop a baby.
Mini Coop
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Interesting question! Same here. But the crazy thing I I just made 2 frags off of mine a month ago. Flow is awesome! But I want it just to fill in and be huge where it is! Lol. No babies yet!
Looks like it has made up its mind.
Looks like it has made up its mind.
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Mine did the same thing and i just cut around the holes and have now small once 
it seem fine again 
it seem fine again Oh Wow! I am glad there is a positive outcome out of this scenario!!!!!
My toadstoll is by far my favorite coral and have it for the past 3 years. I freeked when I saw the whole on it and imagine it was a parasite!
It will be intersintg to see how it splits as I haven't seen on how they propagate on the wild.
My toadstoll is by far my favorite coral and have it for the past 3 years. I freeked when I saw the whole on it and imagine it was a parasite!
It will be intersintg to see how it splits as I haven't seen on how they propagate on the wild.
kelsupov699
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Hello! I know this is an old post, but I wanted to see if my toadstool is having the same thing happen! He’s still closed up because I took this picture early morning right when the lights turn, but I noticed the “hole” for lack of a better word?
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