Green toadstool

[the dewd]

I have had this very rare toadstool for about a month. I opened 1/2 hour after i put it in the tank. It was opening even during the Moonlight hours.
For the past 2 day now it isnt opening. All tests show good waterquality. I did however find little flatworms around it and I dont know if this has anything to do with it but my greenstar polyps on the same rock are not opening either.


30 gal w/ 60 gal sump / refug (refug not set up yet)
mag 7 return
aqautic protien skimmer w/ mag 7
150 watt stealth heater
Phosban reactor
jbj Auto top off w/ 15 gal res
jbj 130 watt compact flor

Purple tang
yellow tang
3 cleaner shrimp
some hermies
couple black turbos

3 frags green star polyps
small micromosa
small colony of xeina
2 ricoria mushies
1 deep electric green toadstool


I have a couple of problems, any help would be sweet...

 

[the dewd]

here is the sump

 

[Anonymous]

What so "very rare toadstool " about it? Did you pay a very "Rare" price for it??? Such as extremely to much because someone told you it was "rare"?


I am just curious is all..................I think you need a Sailfin Tang to eat the flatworms.

























































































































































































































































































































































































































































the sailfin suggestion was a joke!

 

[the dewd]

I cant find it for anything less than 120 bucks for a peice the size of a dime... rare.

 

[Dewman]

Hey Dewd.

I don't really have any solid suggestions for you other than to just wait.

I had a 75 before my current tank, and I had several leathers in there.
I noticed that the toadstools would sometimes close up for no reason and then suddenly one day open up for a while and the next day would be closed up again.
I seem to remember that if my iodine dropped, It would close up. But when I did a water change, they would open back up.
Star polyps are funny the same way. For a while they will close up, and then just open back up.


BTW,
LiveAquaria.com (Drsfostersmith.com) has this Green Toadstool in Large Specimen ( 5 to 7 inches) for $58.99
And, confirming my suspicion, they suggest that you add Iodine supplement.

 

[Anonymous]

The green sarcs commonly listed are not this nice type with florescent green polyps. Its on steve tyrees limited editions with a waiting list of several years at I think $90 per frag.

Here's a couple of mine:

Recently ORA has started selling frags of a slightly different variety for much cheaper. I saw one at my LFS today for $39! It has a flatter capitulum and according to them does not grow as large. I hope mine getb huge! Currently 3 or 4 inches across each.

Sarcs stay closed on occasion. Keep this variety in good flow and it wont do it too often. If it does don't worry too much as it can live for a very long time closed.

 

[Anonymous]

Hey, you pics just popped up. (dial up :roll: )

Yours looks somewhat similar to the ORA ones I've seen. Nice. Green sarcs are great. I was tempted to buy the one I saw today just to have both types, but didn't..........yet!