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[da1jewfish]

I now have a little xenia, a feather duster 2 blue shrooms, a cbs, a yellow tang, a clown, a 6-line wrasse, a banded goby, a flame scallop, and a toadstool leather. It is a 44 gal, with a fuge full of macro algae. I have just started getting into the whole reef deal and I did much research before buying corals.
The issuse is the toadstool I got him 2 days ago and he doean't look good. He went through more stress than he should have so maybe he's still aclimating? AT the LFS he was a attached to 3 different rock and had to pulled off 2 so I could buy it and then I repositioned him many tiems in my tank b/c I couldn't find where to put him. He opened part of yesterday but his body was slouched over. Today the light has been on for 2 hours and he's closed and even more slouched, ot the point where he is just about resting on the lower rock. I just put a mild flow powerhead on him, is there anything else I can do? I thought they were relatively easy to care for? I'm getting new test kits on Friday, mine are reading inncorectly. But I'm prettyu sure everything is good and all other livestock is good. I did just add the xenia and mushroom 5 days ago and there great.
Thanks all and sorry for long post
Bobby

 

[da1jewfish]

o yea I have a MH 175 watt pendant on top and the toadstool is a little higher than the middle

 

[reverendmaynard]

Leathers in general, and toadstools particularly, are notorious for looking pretty poor for weeks after introduction to a new tank. AFAIK, it's pretty much impossible to tell the difference between normal "I'm not happy about changing tanks" and abnormal "I'm not happy because something's not right". Your best bet is to find him a spot with moderate light and flow, and leave him alone for at least a month. Most likely he'll eventually perk up. I would not be concerned unless you see areas that appear to be rotting, like a moldy spot on a fruit. No polyp extension and shedding of a thin layer of skin are normal.

 

[da1jewfish]

thanks reverend.... last question, the part that opens, whatever thats called, is facing away from the light... do you think he'll right himself up? or should I help him?
thanks again

 

[reverendmaynard]

If it's facing away because the stem has drooped, I wouldn't worry about it. You'll only make the acclimation period drag out longer if you keep moving him around during this time, IMO.

 

[prezioso73]

I always say that the less you monkey with something, the better.

Just leave it.

When I first started, I had a toadstool and it had not opened for two weeks. Thinking it was dead, I riped it from the rock and tossed it. In the next few weeks the place on the rock that I ripped it from grew an entire new toadstool!