Toadstool mother colony question

[artkwan]

I have a green toadstool that's been with me for a good year and a half, had grown from 6 inches to over a foot. It was recently fragged 6 weeks ago. All the frags have and are still doing excellent. The mother was doing great until a week ago, when it quit extending its polyps. I understand they need lots of flow, and it turns out that one of my pumps went bad. That pump was fixed, flow restored, but polyps have not been extending still. What an I missing?
SPS, LPS, Zoas, and all others doing excellent. Ph at 7.9, calcium at 490, Alk at 7, Phosphates at .01, Mag at 1200 (maybe a bit low)?

Thanks for your help

 

[garygonzales]

your fine its just mad...leave it be it will come back...my leathers close up like that for a week then they open up ...thats what leathers do...lol

 

[artkwan]

Going on it's second week being closed and now there's a thin brown film over the surface of the mother colony. Racking my head here. Would increasing flow would help? I mean, I have two MP40's and a WP40 going and the sand is actually churining a bit. the frags are fine, though. Weird!

 

[Miguelh1302]

i moved mine to a rockaf, after been in the sand for over 6 months, and it took over 2 weeks to start getting polyps xtension, first 3 days it was showing that brown film on it, but then it went away, and mine is actually at low-med flow

 

[USAFReefer]

It is just shedding its skin. They do that. Just rub your finger over the brown dead skin to remove it and the polyps usually come back within a day. Mine do this a couple times a year for a week at a time for the past 20+ years.

 

[artkwan]

Thank you all for your good feedback. I will definitely monitor and see how it goes.