Toad stool

[Sayanta]

Hi everyone, I am in the hobby for last 6-7 month. Today I want to discuss about a toadstool leather coral ( picture attached). It is always like that for last 4 months. I have never seen any mouth like structure on this tentacles. Is it normal?
Every other corals are doing good. They are growing well ( I have attached a full picture also). Parameters are all within range, alkalinity generally drops, I have to add daily. Phosphate is little high 0.16 now.
Thank you all for your help in advance.

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[Sayanta]

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[Sayanta]

Hi everyone, I am in the hobby for last 6-7 month. Today I want to discuss about a toadstool leather coral ( picture attached). It is always like that for last 4 months. I have never seen any mouth like structure on this tentacles. Is it normal?
Every other corals are doing good. They are growing well ( I have attached a full picture also). Parameters are all within range, alkalinity generally drops, I have to add daily. Phosphate is little high 0.16 now.
Thank you all for your help in advance.

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[Gumbies R Us]

I'm not seeing any issues with toadstool but that is just me!

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

It looks fine to me. Leather corals don't have mouths like an lps does, but the individual polyps do have very small mouths.

 

[Shinji Ayanami]

idkkkkk, i have a neon green and putting yours next to mines. your missing your graspers at the end of the ployps. now is that how yours come? idk and cant say but this sometimes happens to my TS when one of my emralds snaps them or something spooked the TS (mainly me) and it retracts VERY quickly and the graspers just pop off. but in each incident it is no more than like 5 or 4 at a time not all 200.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

idkkkkk, i have a neon green and putting yours next to mines. your missing your graspers at the end of the ployps. now is that how yours come? idk and cant say but this sometimes happens to my TS when one of my emralds snaps them or something spooked the TS (mainly me) and it retracts VERY quickly and the graspers just pop off. but in each incident it is no more than like 5 or 4 at a time not all 200.

thats a good point, I wouldn't be concerned though, it looks overall healthy. OP can add powdered foods to help entice it to open its polyps.

 

[Sayanta]

idkkkkk, i have a neon green and putting yours next to mines. your missing your graspers at the end of the ployps. now is that how yours come? idk and cant say but this sometimes happens to my TS when one of my emralds snaps them or something spooked the TS (mainly me) and it retracts VERY quickly and the graspers just pop off. but in each incident it is no more than like 5 or 4 at a time not all 200.

Yes I am looking for the gasper. I had one emerald before and he was nipping everything. But never seen to nip this one. But it can be possible. Though I have moved that emerald 3 months ago.

 

[Sayanta]

idkkkkk, i have a neon green and putting yours next to mines. your missing your graspers at the end of the ployps. now is that how yours come? idk and cant say but this sometimes happens to my TS when one of my emralds snaps them or something spooked the TS (mainly me) and it retracts VERY quickly and the graspers just pop off. but in each incident it is no more than like 5 or 4 at a time not all 200.

thats a good point, I wouldn't be concerned though, it looks overall healthy. OP can add powdered foods to help entice it to open its polyps.

I will add powdered food

 

[BryanM]

Looks good to me.

I've never fed any of my toadstools.

 

[Sayanta]

Looks good to me.

I've never fed any of my toadstools.

Thank you for your suggestions. You have a nice set up