Toadstool Leaning

[gmtopaz]

Hi, I have this toadstool that I got about a month and a half ago, and it started leaning about a month ago. I wanted to give it some time to see if it would settle in but hasn't made any progress yet.

It is attached to a plug in the sandbed, I try to keep it clean from sand as much as possible.

Parameters:
Salinity: 1.026
Alk: 11 (been trying to lower this, haven't dosed in forever)
Ammonia: 0
NO2: 0
NO3: 10
PO4: ~0 (another I've been trying to fix with no luck)
Calcium: 440
Mag: ~1200, don't have a precise tester
pH: 8.0
Temp: 77

Placement is on the sandbed in a 13 gallon Fluval EVO with a Fluval Reef 4.0 light

 

[JTP424]

Do it's polyps extend daily?
Does it have flow on it?
Toadstools like flow to help them stand, they are also a bit dramatic.... So if it gets annoyed it will be depressed for a hot minute before it rights itself.

 

[gmtopaz]

Do it's polyps extend daily?
Does it have flow on it?
Toadstools like flow to help them stand, they are also a bit dramatic.... So if it gets annoyed it will be depressed for a hot minute before it rights itself.

The polyps extend an okay amount, but form other pictures I've seen it's not fully. It does not have direct flow but I have a good amount of indirect flow moving around. I think I have a good spot to put it if need be to get more flow, but it would put it much closer to the light.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

It looks fine to me IMO. As mentioned they love flow so place it in a spot where it gets good random flow.

Otherwise, if its still on a frag plug, I think you should cut it off and glue it to a wide rock, it will grow off the plug fairly quickly.