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[email protected] have a toadstool and i noticed for the last couple of days it has not opened. The spot i have had it in is where it has been and has been opening i am not sure what is wrong.

could someone help me out.
 
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They shed their outer coating every so often as a way of cleaning themselves. They won't open for a while during this. Keep an eye on it and see if any skin-like material comes off. If it doesn't shed and still isn't opening it may be water parameters, so check those as well.
 
What does fine mean? If it's not shedding skin, its having another problem. Since it was assumingly fine before, that means something changed.

Leathers are pretty resilient so it will probably come back fine.
How long have you had it?
Nitrates, phosphates?

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i have has the toadstool for about 3 weeks and i have had my tank almost 2 yrs

this is what my parameters are right now:
ph:8.3
nitrite- 0
nitrate-0
phos -0.25 and has always been 0.25
amon-0
calcium-360
kh-12
 
when i got one it took several days to open....think he was getting used to my led's even though he was on sand bed. Maybe yours is just adjusting to your tank's unique parameters and is acclimating.
 
but he was open for a few weeks and then the other day closed up and has not opened since,,,,not sure if i should put in some calcium to see if i can bring up the calcium if it will open
 
Leathers are funny like that sometimes. Give it three days, then move it. I find that leathers only open when they have the right amount of flow. Medium is about their (for flow rate)
 
my kh has always been bet 10-12 and the cal has been bet 360-400, at the moment i dont have a mag test kit i have one on order
 

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