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06/24/2007, 06:52 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Medford, Oregon
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Toadstool Splitting!
When I got this about 6 months ago, it was roughly 3" round. After a month or so in my tank, I started noticing changes in the stalk. It was growing in diameter, becoming translucent, and clearly "thinning" in the middle. Within 2-3 weeks there were 2 stalks with a thin membrane between them. Then the top closed & shriveled up for 3-4 days, looked like crap, was sloughing off lots of what could only be called toadstool poop. I thought it was dying! When it finally opened, the top had split about an inch. It stayed open for a few days, then repeated the split process. You can see where the major (1-1.5") splitting took place in the picture & I am pretty certain it is getting ready to split some or all of that last portion over the next few days.
 
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06/24/2007, 07:01 AM
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Location: south jersey 08050
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NICE!!! i wish mine would grow that fast, any recommendations?
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a left over shrimp shedding is not "a sicilian message meaning luca brasi sleeps with the fishes" fish are friends, not food Current Tank Info: 90gal salt, 2 250mh 14k hamiltons 2 110 actinic, 127lbs LR,50lbs tonga 70lbs indonesia 7lbs tonga branch asm g3 |
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06/24/2007, 07:09 AM
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It's so cool to watch mother nature work like that! I had my toadstool for about 6 months when the same thing happened. A seam up the length of the stalk and head eventually split into 2 animals. Took place over a few weeks time. Now I have 2 beautiful toadstools and one of them appears like its beginning to show another one of those seams.
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06/24/2007, 08:11 AM
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The toad sits at the top of the water column with medium to heavy flow. I change the direction of my primary flow a couple times a week because I believe change is good for the fish/corals/inverts & it helps keep debris from settling in the LR & LS. As a confirmed "over-feeder" nothing starves in my tank. I feed 2xdaily, mysis/brine/cyclops with garlic extract. DT's 2xweekly. I've got 3-4 other types of frozen foods that I alternate around too. Wet skimming, nightly fresh RO top off, weekly 3-6g water changes, a good clean up crew, sponges & algaes keep my water/tank clean. The back & one side of my tank is covered in pink coraline. The front & other side is left to the brown/green algae which I clean off randomly. This is the grazing field for my Lawnmower, so I tend to let it go. So, good lighting, lots of food & clean water did the trick in my tank! |
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