How long for toadstool to extend tentacles?
 

I bought a toadstool leather on saturday that was probably 4" across in the sellers tank and nicely extended. I acclimated it and used revive before adding it to my tank. so far ive seen it extend about half of what it was in the store, and only for about half the day. tonight it retracted around 7pm and is still completely retracted. is something wrong or am i being impatient?

Give it some time it's still getting used to a new environment

When I first added mine it was about 3 days before I saw any form of activity and that was when it shed its skin. I'm not sure if it was a coincidence or if shedding the skin helped it adapt. I had mine delivered by airplane so it could have been a little more traumatized. But yeah just give it a little time and it should be fine.

I found whenever I move a leather it takes a few days to extend and they always seem to shed for me

It could need some time to settle in but it could also be unhappy for some reason.

What are your tank parameters?
Do they fluctuate much on a daily basis?

parameters:
calc - 420
alk - 8.5
mag - 1250
nitrate - 0
phos - 0.03
ph - 7.8-8.0 (swings between those two sometimes daily sometimes not)
temp - 79

75g mixed reef with 20g sump. all my fish are in qt atm for ich so the tank is currently fish free. ive been feeding corals every couple days to try and maintain biological filtration. I top off with rodi as well.

ok now im a little worried. just took this pic this morning

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps6d53c293.jpg

give some time,stalk looks healthy.just keep the skin clean:smile:

Magnesium is a little low but I doubt that's your issue.

Your parameters are ideal for SPS but may be too nutrient poor for soft corals.

Having a mixed reef is tough!

i just recently started dosing for magnesium so im working on bringing it up but im not doing it fast. I never thought i would have a problem with not enough nutrients lol. i had a cyano problem until earlier in jan when i treated with chemiclean. i started using chaeto on a reverse light cycle as well as the GFO that ive been running for a while. Ive never had an issue with nitrates ever. i ran biopellets for a while and reduced things too much and ever since taking them off the tank growth has been much better, but still havent seen any sign of nitrates.

im nervous about doing it but maybe i should back off the water changes and let nitrated rise just a smidge?