Is my Leather Toadstool going to die??? HELP!!!

[vexeclipse2007]

Ok we got a leather mushroom toadstool last week...and for some reason my gf left one end of it leaning against a seperate rock in tank..well we decided today to move it to the sand and barely even touching it the part that was against rock ripped apart.......i'm pretty angry right now...will he heal himself or is he pretty much a goner?????

 

[epic.exposures]

Im not sure what the difference between a leather toadstool and just a leather coral is. But a Leather coral will keep grwing from the part that is ripped. If your leather has a stalk that could be a problem but as far as I know a ripped leather coral will keep growing out.

 

[vexeclipse2007]

anyone???

 

[AfricaOffroad]

Should heal and at the end of the day you should end up with 2 toadstools.
Just make sure there is sufficient flow and water movement around the pieces.
You dont want water dead spots forming and the tissue being attached by bacteria.

You will soon owe your GF an apology !

 

[epic.exposures]

Oh mushroom toadstool. Ok if the toadstool has most of its "foot" left it will have a really good chance of survival. BUT if most of the "foot" is torn off it could be permanently damaged, and could die. But in most cases even if the stalk is damaged you can put the specimen on a piece of liverock and the mushrooms stalk will grab onto and bind to the rock at which point it will continue growing. It may take a couple days to stick back to the rock. I WOULD NOT put it in the sand, the mushroom will need something firm to cling to.

And Africa is correct, you will end up with two toadstools. So don't fret, and don't get too upset with your GF over an object.

 

[vexeclipse2007]

another pic...alittle piece just broke off so this is what it looks like now...right now hes attached to a little rock when i got him...where should i put him now???

 

[m2434]

Sounds like your gf was just fragging it for you. You should thank her, you'll likely end up with two corals for the price of one...

 

[aleonn]

Nice frag job, I'd trade or sell it

 

[epic.exposures]

another pic...alittle piece just broke off so this is what it looks like now...right now hes attached to a little rock when i got him...where should i put him now???

Put him on a sturdy piece of live rock so he can attach. It's not the best idea to let corals attach to sand, they can get blown in the current and knocked over by fish.

You still appear stressed, dont worry abou it you'll be ok. Im sure this happens in the ocean all the time,ye there is still a whole reef there.

 

[vexeclipse2007]

ya well my gf threw away that piece that broke off..lol its sitting in garbage now...should i dig it up and put him back in?

 

[vexeclipse2007]

and epic ur talking about the main toadstool not the broken piece correct?? because the main toadstools already attached to a small rock...