How long is too long for a toadstool to shed??

[Acroporaguy]

Woke up this morning to find my toadstool sloughing off it's outer skin. It took two almost two entire months for the shedding process to complete. The coral is already inflating again after being completely toppled over, and the polyps look like they're peeping out. Will post a final update once it sheds completely. Here is a photo I took of it this morning (already looks much better now). Even when a Sarcophyton looks like it's on the way out, don't give up hope.

 

[FizxVix3n]

I do regular water changes and run carbon just like you mentioned. All of my other leathers are happy, so I can't see it being a parameter issue. I've had new sarcos close up for a week or two while adjusting, but never anything this long. Perhaps I just need to keep waiting. Appreciate all the help

I have a weeping willow from biota (does anyone know if their frags traced back to the original discussed above?) and it will close up like this for long periods if my crabs decide to use it as a jungle gym. I have somewhere around 6 or 7 various types of toadstools and the willow throws the biggest temper tantrums when poked. I do keep mine on the sand but it’s probably mid-tank (biocube) when extended and in a medium flow. Come to think of it, actually, I just swapped out flow from multi direction pulsing to more of a constant flow in one direction and it is not as happy (literally realized it, need to fix). Is your flow sporadic? Much luck, it’s one of my favorite coral.

 

[Acroporaguy]

I have a weeping willow from biota (does anyone know if their frags traced back to the original discussed above?) and it will close up like this for long periods if my crabs decide to use it as a jungle gym. I have somewhere around 6 or 7 various types of toadstools and the willow throws the biggest temper tantrums when poked. I do keep mine on the sand but it’s probably mid-tank (biocube) when extended and in a medium flow. Come to think of it, actually, I just swapped out flow from multi direction pulsing to more of a constant flow in one direction and it is not as happy (literally realized it, need to fix). Is your flow sporadic? Much luck, it’s one of my favorite coral.

My flow is very random, I use two ecotech pumps running opposite to each other for flow. The coral opened up for 3-4 days but is now closed again funny enough. All my other softies are happy as can be, this one is just picky. I'm sure it'll come around soon.

 

[Acroporaguy]

Well to conclude this thread, the coral eventually opened up and is doing well. Here is a video of it currently. Don't give up on shedding leathers!

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[WallyTime7]

How much longer did it open after high flow movement?

 

[liddojunior]

Wow amazing it lasted so long before recovering.

 

[itgoeson]

Well to conclude this thread, the coral eventually opened up and is doing well. Here is a video of it currently. Don't give up on shedding leathers!

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What is the yellow one in your video? It’s stunning!

 

[Acroporaguy]

How much longer did it open after high flow movement?

It got a bit longer (couple more inches) before pouting again. It closed for another couple of months and is now back open, but the polyps are still fairly short. Getting longer by the day though. I found that iodine dipping it triggered the outer skin to peel within a day or so. Moved it to another system with less large leathers as I was suspicious of chemical warfare. When I bought the colony I saw it 'weep' so to speak. Here's what it looks like currently after shedding https://www.instagram.com/reel/CofKWQnDMY3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

[Acroporaguy]

What is the yellow one in your video? It’s stunning!

Japanese Weeping Willow

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Great stuff bro. Glad the weeping willow is doing its thing.

 

[Acroporaguy]

You can see it on the right now. Moved it to another system. It occasionally sheds now, but it only lasts a couple of days.

I don't know why it had such a hard time in my other tank. Maybe because that tank had massive colonies of leathers? Chemical warfare? Anyways, they're indestructible.