I've had a toad die before and it will start to rot do I think it's still alive expecially since you have polyps popping out. Maybe your tank is to clean. Not really familiar with your tank so just guessing.
Toadstool hasn't opened in a year!
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Any use of aluminum oxide products, such as white phosphate binders?
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I have a neon yellow tipped toadstool. about the size of a quarter. It was out all the time for the first month or two. Then it stopped coming out and after a week or so I noticed it had some white spots where it was crumbling. I got scared and iodine Dipped it. Sinse the dip it does not open nearly as much maybe one day a week. But it looks healthy and is not shrinking so I just leave it alone. It is so much prettier when its out though kind of stinks. been about 2 months since it opened fully for more than a day
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ritter6788
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It's by no means a low nutrient system. It's mostly sps but I don't do anything special, just a skimmer for filtration.
No, I don't use any phosphate removing media.
rboutin111
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Mine looked like yours after I left for two weeks for the holidays. I let it be for a couple of days, but it wasn't getting cleaned off so I would rub it with my finger. Slowly it started to get cleaned off and eventually opened up to look better then before. Stick with it. They are very hardy and should bounce back. High flow would certainly help too. Mine loves it. I have him at the bottom of the tank 18" with a Radion running at 60% max.
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ritter6788
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Moved it to a friends tank and it's bouncing back now. I brushed it off really well, he removed the larger base rock it was attached to. It looking better by the last pic he sent me. I'm guessing the algae on it was bothering it or something in that rock, like a worm was irritating it. Or it just likes his tank better! :xd:
Wiz
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I don't know why. But since I got my 165p+ a couple weeks ago the toadstool has stopped crumbling. Started looking much healthier and is extending almost fully now everyday. Maybe it was the change in lighting that bothered it. Cant be sure. Ill post a pic later. So happy. Looks awsome under the blue spectrum.
