How long did it take for your toadstool to open up

[FlameangelLover]

Hello I bought my first coral and I was wondering how long does it take for them to start opening up and being how I saw in the store? I’ve had this toadstool for 48hrs

 

[Tahoe61]

Provide decent flow and moderate lighting. I would move the piece up to an area of moderate flow. Sacrophyton are picky with regard to flow, not enough flow to remove the waxy coating on the crown and the polyps will not expand. If you don't see it start to open in a couple more days you should check chemistry and placement. It's not uncommon for a new coral to stay closed while acclimating.

 

[Timfish]

Be patient, days isn't unheard of. It's very uncommon but I've had toadstools stay closed for weeks.

 

[FlameangelLover]

Provide decent flow and moderate lighting. I would move the piece up to an area of moderate flow. Sacrophyton are picky with regard to flow, not enough flow to remove the waxy coating on the crown and the polyps will not expand. If you don't see it start to open in a couple more days you should check chemistry and placement. It's not uncommon for a new coral to stay closed while acclimating.

Thanks so much ! I will move to a more flow place

 

[FlameangelLover]

Provide decent flow and moderate lighting. I would move the piece up to an area of moderate flow. Sacrophyton are picky with regard to flow, not enough flow to remove the waxy coating on the crown and the polyps will not expand. If you don't see it start to open in a couple more days you should check chemistry and placement. It's not uncommon for a new coral to stay closed while acclimating.

omg i spoke to soon i took this pic at 9am and its now 11:30 and so many of its green tentacles are showing!!!!!

 

[FlameangelLover]

Be patient, days isn't unheard of. It's very uncommon but I've had toadstools stay closed for weeks.

omg i spoke to soon i took this pic at 9am and its now 11:30 and so many of its green tentacles are showing!!!!! Still not like how i bought it but you can def see something is happening

 

[BryanM]

Nice!

Mine took about a week.

 

[ajmckay]

omg i spoke to soon i took this pic at 9am and its now 11:30 and so many of its green tentacles are showing!!!!! Still not like how i bought it but you can def see something is happening

Ha nice! post a pic!

I got a nice green tentacle one at a frag swap in Dec and it's doing really well. I've seen some "long" tentacle ones for sale that I'm wondering if I should try. For some reason I like having different variants of similar corals.
- long vs. short tentacle GSP
- Long vs. regular tentacle hairy mushrooms
- Big vs. small polyp zoas/palys

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I've had my toadstool be closed for a couple days at a time only to open up and be perfectly ok

 

[Tommy B]

Mine took about a week to open.

 

[Timfish]

omg i spoke to soon i took this pic at 9am and its now 11:30 and so many of its green tentacles are showing!!!!! Still not like how i bought it but you can def see something is happening

The phrase "drama queen" comes to mind. :D