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Shad

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I have noticed that my toadstool, which is ginormous! is beginning to shed. The stem in particular is really shedding. Up on the head it seems to have several leisions. I know every so often they close up and shed a bit, but this seems more than usual. Any thoughts on what is going on? And will this shedding cause a high toxic level in the tank?
 
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Shad

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I put a new batch of carbon in the "little fishes"phosban reactor about 2 weeks ago. Should I put newer carbon in. will this help slow or stop the toadstools breakdown. Thanks for the replies.
 

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New carbon would be best at this point. It won't necessarily slow down what is happening with the toadstool, but it will help the other corals cope with the amount of toxins it is releasing.

Any chance of a pic? Would be easiest to help if we can figure out why it is breaking down. Current water parameters?
 

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New carbon would be best at this point. It won't necessarily slow down what is happening with the toadstool, but it will help the other corals cope with the amount of toxins it is releasing.

Any chance of a pic? Would be easiest to help if we can figure out why it is breaking down. Current water parameters?


Ditto
 

Shad

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I can't get a good pic of it due to the placement of the coral itself. The head is drooping down and the stem is towards the back of the tank. The toadstool is shedding so much that I have seen the pieces fall of the thing. Should I just remove the whole thing from the tank? A question for Russ, What happened when that huge toadstool coral you had broke down? Did you have the same kind of symptoms that I am seeing? I am just trying to avoid a disaster in the tank. Thanks for your help.
 

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Shad, it sounds exactly like what happened to mine. I took the whole sucker out. What I did was, invert a large plastic baggie over my hand/arm. Then grabbed the base of the leather with the hand enclosed in the baggie, which was obviously attached to the rock. Unfortunately I had to rip the whole leather off the rock. While doing this I also 'pinched off the base', figuring that was the most freshly exposed flesh, where the toxins would be released from. When I did this, I just took the plastic bag and 'swooped' it into the water, inverted the baggie and scooped up the whole leather in the bag.

Not sure if this was clear or not, but it worked for me. I also made sure the carbon was running fresh that day. I had zero losses using this procedure. I'm not sure there would have been any losses if I just ripped it out, but I took the extra precaution anyway.

HTH,
R
 

Shad

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Thanks Russ. I am going to just take the rock and the toadstool out together and remove it from the rock outside the tank. I hate to see it go, I've had it for about 4 years now. But maybe now I can keep some of the hard corals that seem to die . I think because of the high toxin production from the toadstool, the sps corals seem to die quicker. Softies are never a problem, fish always do well (in most cases) inverts and clams also due well. So maybe this might be a blessing in disguise.
 

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