toadstool question

[lletellier]

I have a toadstool in my tank that opened when I first put it in and hasn't since then... does anyone know where they do the best? like how much light/flow is ideal for them. I have it close to the top of the tank and right across from my powerhead i'm wondering if that is too much light/flow.

[NRehman]

Mine is doing well under 250w MH at 24" depth with good flow, but no direct flow.

Edited November 27, 2007 by NRehman

[lletellier]

k i'm gonna put it down lower in the tank and see how that works out

[bk_market]

i find that my toadstool leather like medium flow and medium to high light.

[lanman]

Mine likes moderate flow and light. It sometimes closes up for 2-3 days at a time. Well, it used to. I don't think I've seen it closed up for more than one evening in quite a while. Come to think of it - even my GSP used to do that when the tank was young and the GSP was new to the tank. Now it's never closed up.

 

bob

[Grav]

When they are closed up, I usually find they are getting too much flow, light or both.

[rottloverr]

Mine is in the far left frontish corner with mid - high flow on it. Mid level not directly under 150 MH. It has prolly doubled its size since I got it 4 months ago.

 

Cheers,

 

Sean

[lletellier]

I came home today after moving it off to the side and under the power head so it is shaded from the halide and it was open again after almost 2 weeks! def one of my favorite corals so i'm hoping it will be able to grow now.

[extreme_tooth_decay]

I came home today after moving it off to the side and under the power head so it is shaded from the halide and it was open again after almost 2 weeks! def one of my favorite corals so i'm hoping it will be able to grow now.

 

 

I think toadstools are neat corals. I have a couple (one green, one brown), buth of which are at least 5-10x the size they were when I bought them. I've found that they both like medium light and medium flow. They both did poorly when I had them too close to the light (and it's only PC lighting).

 

tim

[txaggies07]

Mine closes up about 30 minutes after the lights go out every night and opens back up right when the lights come back on. Usually he opens up for a couple hours in the middle of the night too. He has never closed up for a day except for on one day where I was moving him around a little more than I probably should have.

Edited December 2, 2007 by txaggies07