Toadstool leather help

[2peppers]

I have DIY leds on my tank and the driver crashed a few days ago. I had to leave for the weekend so i threw a crappy spare fixture on while I was away. I installed a new (temporary) driver to get my leds back on today. All my coral opened back up and are looking great. SPS, LPS, and a bunch of softies. The only thing that seems to be effected by the outage is my neon green toadstool. It hasn't opened up since the driver crashed a few days ago. How can I tell if it's dead? Anyone else ever have em close up for a few days?

 

[TangySushi]

Yep toadstools will close up every once in a while. They're shedding a mucus layer. Mine stayed closed for a solid 4 or 5 days. Just make sure it has some flow over it to help shed the mucus.

 

[webslinger]

I have DIY leds on my tank and the driver crashed a few days ago. I had to leave for the weekend so i threw a crappy spare fixture on while I was away. I installed a new (temporary) driver to get my leds back on today. All my coral opened back up and are looking great. SPS, LPS, and a bunch of softies. The only thing that seems to be effected by the outage is my neon green toadstool. It hasn't opened up since the driver crashed a few days ago. How can I tell if it's dead? Anyone else ever have em close up for a few days?

my toadspool closes up for a week or two every few month, then sheds and is bigger and better. i would think as long as it is upright it is doing ok.

 

[marinemanohio]

Heck, on occasion mine will drop the canopy almost entirely and then regrow. I use it as an opportunity to make some nice Tyree toadstool frags lol.

 

[2peppers]

Thanks for help guys. I pointed a power head in its direction and it looking nice and healthy again

 

[Ontheway]

Interesting coincidence, same happened to me too.

Internal fan of DC power supply to powerleds were failed with a great noise in the middle of the night, so I turned leds off. Remained like this 3-4 days with some short periods of illumination. After 4 days, fan replaced and I was expecting it to open, no way. Now its 3 days without tentacles but body looks healthy. I think I should give it a full week to see what will happen.

 

[xnetgeek]

Blow it off

Blow it off

I always point a power head at mine and seems to help it along.

 

[bluecoyote79]

I've got mine sitting just under the stream of a MP10 and it loves the flow.