Need some help please!!
I just recently got a hammer and toadstool frag 4 days ago. At first the hammer was open and lushes but now seems to not open fully and is little saggy, the toadstool still has not opened up. I tried relocating the toadstool to a different location with less light and flow after the 2nd day. Any recommendations to what i may be missing?
I plan on doing a 2-3% water change with RO water to help bring the Alk and Phosphate down a little.
The tank is a 14 gal Biocube 8 months old.
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@SassyTurtle12
1y
My 3 hammers are a bit fussy; sometimes one will droop around the edges for a couple days and then be fine the next🤷♀️ My experience with leathers is that they don’t really care about lighting, but mine like a good amount of flow to help them shed I agree that parameters aren’t the problem; hammers are pretty tolerant and my toadstool is pretty much bulletproof
@JohnyRivers347
1y
Thank you very much, ill just see how they do over the next couple days
@Azure_Flower_79
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how do you use the app to do test like this
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You can log them in under your profile and keep track of them
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My best suggestion is placement at this point. Lighting and flow. Make sure nothing is too close to them to bother. If you didn’t drip acclimate that’s a potential cause. My hammer and toadstool seem to be very forgiving on parameters so I would worry less about that imo.
I did a minor drip acclimation for about 10-15 min prior to placement within the tank. Do you possibly know how long the toadstool may stay closed for?
Toadstools are temperamental. They can close up and look nearly dead for a day or two or a week or two and I’ve heard sometimes even a month or two then randomly open up one day and be better than ever. But I would still be concerned it’s not in a good location if it’s brand new. I’d give it maybe 2 days and if it still hasn’t opened consider why it’s upset. Do you have other corals that have been in your tank or is this your first go at coral?
Ok thank you! And no i have a purple tip hammer, green star polyps, and a multi colony of zoanthids, that all seem to be doing well. (Besides the original concerns for the hammer) i attached a photo of the location i currently moved the toadstool to, to assist with less light and flow, do you think it should be relocated elsewhere?