toadstool looks bad after waterchnge

[fishfanatic2]

I did a waterchange yesterday, and my toadstool has been really closed up and has a brownish jelly covering some of it. Is this terminal, or will it get better on its own?

 

[Anonymous]

That will shed and it will be fine.

May take a couple days though. If it begins to get areas of necrosis (usually whitish) I would start to worry, but not yet...

 

[Anonymous]

It may shed and it may not. Toadstools usually retract for a while after changes in water chemistry. Could take a day, may take a week.

No worries dude.

 

[fishfanatic2]

Been 1.5 weeks and it still hasn't fully opened up. The dark brown jelly has revelaed a large white/pink smooth patch in the center of the toadstool. Should I still just leave it be?

 

[Anonymous]

No, you need to remove the jelly like crud if it is going on this long.

If it will siphon off, do that.

If it is very serious and covering a large part of the coral, put it in a bucket of tank water, blast the goo off with a powerhead or turkey baser, and put the coral back in your tank, with increased flow. And toss the goo water. But it sounds like it is only on a small part of the coral, so you should be able to siphon it off.

9 times out of ten when I have a leather not looking well, they respond well to more flow, even if things had previously been to it's liking there.

 

[fishfanatic2]

Well, whatever happened to it really pissed it off. I upped the flow and the edges are all good, but I took a peak one the inside (still hasn't fully opened) and its still bare white, though I can see some new polyp growth.
Its looking like it will recover, might take a year or so though. :lol: 8O

 

[MartinE]

I agree with Laura, I recieved a leather with brown jelly on one of its edges, so I cut it out and put more flow on it and it recovered nicely. I read its a brown jelly infection that is best syponed out, or cut out to the good tissue.

 

[Rooster Cogburn]

When I got mine home after a few weeks he shed his slime coat as well. Scared me at first but he looked better than ever around 3-4 days later. As far as the infection the two previous posts sound as good and gentle a method as any for removal.

Chris

 

[Anonymous]

FWIW, sarcophytons can go for a long long time without extending polyps. That's not something to worry about. If the brown jelly is distinct from just the typical intermittant sloughing off of the surface coating, and it sounds like it is, I would follow Laura's instructions.

 

[gregx]

Throw it in the bin.