New toadstool. Is it ok?

[sviellvoicae]

Hey guys so I recently picked up a toadstool. It looked great at the store and looked great for 3 days in my tank. Now it looks like this. Is it just shedding its skin? Water tests fine on api test kit and all my other corals are great!
Corals that are doing great
Dragon eye zoas
pink polyps
hammer corals
xenia
kenya tree
duncans
shrooms
Here is a picture from yesterday

Today

On the other hand I did notice that there is another toadstool growing on the rock it came on! Woohoo
Any help would be great.

 

[snakeblitz33]

Looks like it's waxing - getting used to your aquarium water and shedding the outside layer of "skin."
With leathers, its important to check their stems and make sure they aren't mushy. If it starts to completely melt - then you got a problem.
It just has it's polyps closed for now. It may take a few hours, a few days or up to a couple of weeks to come back out again. A little extra gentle flow will usually help speed up the process.
Nothing to worry about.... (yet) lol

 

[sviellvoicae]

Thanks snake! I did aim the power head towards it. I figured that's what it was hit just wanted to make sure.

 

[gemmy]

My toadstool does that every few weeks.

 

[sviellvoicae]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gemmy http:///t/389837/new-toadstool-is-it-ok#post_3448367
My toadstool does that every few weeks.
Mine opened back up and all is well. Thanks for the information.