Need help with toadstool please!

[Doglips56]

I’m hoping someone can help me here. I have a toadstool I bought about 3 or so years ago. It was tiny. It had grown to about 5x the size it was when I got it. For no apparent reason (chemistry is stable) it has pulled in its polyps or whatever they’re called and been closed up. It also appears to be shrinking. It isn’t extending at all. I’m not quite sure what to do. To my knowledge there have been no swings in parameters but I don’t have an Apex or any kind of continuous monitoring other than temp.
These parameters have been very consistent for almost a year. I dose a small amount of All For Reef hourly on a pump
Yesterday:
Temp: 78.6
pH 8.0 (Hanna)
dKH - 8.4 (Hanna)
Specific Gravity 1.025
PO4 high yesterday at .12 with GFO running (Hanna)
NO3 high 25 (Hanna) but has been for a long time even with ReefMat, skimmer, bio balls, matrix, water changes (done yesterday after I tested H2O (have turned of bio all reactor because it seemed to make nitrates higher)‍
Calcium and Magnesium (NYOS) 420 & 1270 respectively
Can’t think of anything else. Everything else is happy and healthy

About a week ago:

Now (for at least 5 days):

Sorry I don’t have a good camera/filters. It’s a light pink color usually

Please help, I don’t want to lose it!

 

[fishguy242]

Hi, are you familiar with molting ? white light pics or shine flashlight on it w lights off for pic.
As far as params , look good , mag a little low, Po4 ,No 3 fine at those levels , JME...

 

[Sump Crab]

Toadstools can look upset for quite awhile sometimes. 5 days does seem on the long side.

 

[MrGisonni]

Yes its sloughing

 

[vetteguy53081]

I’m hoping someone can help me here. I have a toadstool I bought about 3 or so years ago. It was tiny. It had grown to about 5x the size it was when I got it. For no apparent reason (chemistry is stable) it has pulled in its polyps or whatever they’re called and been closed up. It also appears to be shrinking. It isn’t extending at all. I’m not quite sure what to do. To my knowledge there have been no swings in parameters but I don’t have an Apex or any kind of continuous monitoring other than temp.
These parameters have been very consistent for almost a year. I dose a small amount of All For Reef hourly on a pump
Yesterday:
Temp: 78.6
pH 8.0 (Hanna)
dKH - 8.4 (Hanna)
Specific Gravity 1.025
PO4 high yesterday at .12 with GFO running (Hanna)
NO3 high 25 (Hanna) but has been for a long time even with ReefMat, skimmer, bio balls, matrix, water changes (done yesterday after I tested H2O (have turned of bio all reactor because it seemed to make nitrates higher)‍
Calcium and Magnesium (NYOS) 420 & 1270 respectively
Can’t think of anything else. Everything else is happy and healthy

About a week ago:

Now (for at least 5 days):

Sorry I don’t have a good camera/filters. It’s a light pink color usually

Please help, I don’t want to lose it!

Give it a few gentle blasts with a turkey baster and assure its getting decent flow. Aim flow towards it and not at it under moderate to medium light and it will perk up. It may be skinned over with a film due to lack of flow as mentioned by Fishguy

 

[Doglips56]

Give it a few gentle blasts with a turkey baster and assure its getting decent flow. Aim flow towards it and not at it under moderate to medium light and it will perk up. It may be skinned over with a film due to lack of flow as mentioned by Fishguy

It gets good flow but maybe wants more? It’s been exploding in growth over the past several months. It’s been extending its polyps just a little bit the last couple of days. It has don’t this before but never for this many consecutive days.
Thanks everyone for your replies. I will adjust the mag

 

[saltnut]

Give it a few gentle blasts with a turkey baster

This has worked for me several times. Sometimes depending on the size of the toad stool I use a net and remove all the gunk the floats off.

 

[Doglips56]

Thanks to all of you. Guess it was shedding because it’s back to normal now!