Toadstool and calcium deposit

[veronique]

What can you tell me about toadstool and calcium deposit, is it a good thing or not.
Thanks
Vero

 

[veronique]

My toadstool has this kind of white calcium growing on it, should I remove it?

 

[meschaefer]

Strange. Are you sure that it is calcium. Can you post a pick.

 

[reefman]

it may be a fungus infection.

 

[veronique]

Ok it's driving me nuts, I compress these stupid pictures but they are still way too big, impossible to upload them.
How does a fungus infection look like?

 

[reefman]

resize the pics n make sure its in jpg format.
it looks like white deposits on damage part of leather.

 

[veronique]

Toadstool

ok here it is, I have a baby at his foot and the baby fortunately is doing well.

 

[reefman]

try increasing the flow. it hard to tell from the pic but it looks like it needs to shed.
some idoine may help too

 

[veronique]

What does shed mean (like spread), can you explain me more.

 

[DevIouS]

Leathers shed their skin off.

It doesn't look like that to me.

 

[veronique]

Yes I have seen shed his skin many times, but this is porous thing like chalk, it's the reason I was thinking calcium, could it be fungus and if yes how should I treat it.

 

[reefman]

idoine dip n increase flow
read this

 

[veronique]

ok need your help now
Describe me step by step this iodine dip (didn't found lugol, took Iodine tincture, the pharmacist told me it was pure), quantity and which water.
I have two baby growing at his foot and wouldn't want to kill them
Water flow doesn't help, I imagine it's fungus.

 

[reefman]

i believe this is the same as lugols. it is very very strong ,so be careful.
to make dipping solution read this

if your not comfortable with this try this

 

[veronique]

Read good thanks
Just one thing here they do it as a supplement, I will do it seperatly as a treatment but should I do a fresh water bath (rodi) or do it in salt water.

 

[reefman]

after treatment, i would just do a quick swoosh in seperate tank water n back in tank.

 

[veronique]

Done, hope it will be ok
Thanks for your help
Vero