Placement of Toadstool Coral

[fangelillo01]

Just wondering top of tank loser to light or more towards the bottom. Also can they sting others?

 

[speg]

What type of lighting/what size tank? They generally can accept low-moderate light and will stretch up towards the light as they grow.

 

[mrdc]

Don't worry about the sting but what type of lights are you using?

 

[fangelillo01]

T-5's with actinics 4 bulbs total and its a 20 gallon

 

[speg]

I think you could pretty much place it anywhere. I'd personally go low to middle.

 

[mrdc]

I would go midway from the start. For me, even with a lot of light my toadstools liked to be UP! I did however start midway and moved up based on the way it looked.

 

[fangelillo01]

yeah right now its in the middle but since i just got it today the polyps havent really extended yet. Soon hopefully

 

[mrdc]

Originally Posted by fangelillo01
http:///forum/post/3268439
yeah right now its in the middle but since i just got it today the polyps havent really extended yet. Soon hopefully
Let it get used to it's new environment. That is very normal. My latest one took 3 days before the polyps fully extended.

 

[staplewho]

this is how they grow in my 29gal biocube good luck with yours

 

[staplewho]

and i put him on the bottom in the sand

 

[fangelillo01]

nice! I might move hime cause my frogspawn thats gettin really big is comin close to it.

 

[mrdc]

Originally Posted by fangelillo01
http:///forum/post/3268574
nice! I might move hime cause my frogspawn thats gettin really big is comin close to it.
Good idea cause the frogspawn will win that fight.

 

[speg]

Originally Posted by mrdc
http:///forum/post/3268576
Good idea cause the frogspawn will win that fight.
I think I have a weak frogspawn... I let a leather and some zoas get closed to my spawn and figured they'd just fight it out... well one day I noticed the leather was STUCK to the frogspawn and the zoas had a frogspawn tentacle shoved right into their colony.... the next day they were all out just as normal like nothing had ever happened.

 

[mrdc]

Mine was complete opposite. Any zoas, xenia or mushrooms that touched mine got a good zap and would shrivel up.