I've got a toadstool that isn't doing very well in a 12-gallon nano cube. It has been in the tank for 6 months now and used to do very well. About a month ago, I was away for 6 weeks and the person looking after the tank left the primary pump off for the entire time, resulting in several dead zones. A lot of the corals have come back since I got home, but the toadstool is being troublesome.
I feed reef roids 2x per week, and it extends a few polyps (about 1/10) to accept food when I do. All other times polyps are mostly receded... The coral seems to have lost strength in the stem as well. No matter where I place it, or prop it up on a rock, it flops back over onto the sand...
Water changes consist of 2.5 gallons using Red Sea Coral Pro every week.
Current water params using API Reef Master (I know I need a better kit):
Nitrate: less than 10ppm
Calcium: ~500 dkh
Phosphate: 0.25ppm
Salinity: 1.027
After being in tank for 3 months:
Currently:
I feed reef roids 2x per week, and it extends a few polyps (about 1/10) to accept food when I do. All other times polyps are mostly receded... The coral seems to have lost strength in the stem as well. No matter where I place it, or prop it up on a rock, it flops back over onto the sand...
Water changes consist of 2.5 gallons using Red Sea Coral Pro every week.
Current water params using API Reef Master (I know I need a better kit):
Nitrate: less than 10ppm
Calcium: ~500 dkh
Phosphate: 0.25ppm
Salinity: 1.027
After being in tank for 3 months:
Currently: