Leather coral not doing well

[pegasus1010]

hi all,

I believe my leather not well, some bleaching & it's surface giving out slime.

I had transferred it to low flow area, but interested to know more abt it's ideal condition.

Had searched dis forum, but all results abt leather were in sales of it.

pic courtesy of another reefer..

[pegasus1010]

I just dipped it in fw for 5 mins in case of any parasite unseen to my eye.

wonder wat else can I do apart from lugol dip.

[rotala]

leather corals will sometimes shed a surface layer of slime to rid surface of algae or waste. leave it alone for about 4-5days and it will open nicely. In general this coral is very hardy.

[Lester]

hmm..

wat do u feed to the leather..........???

[neokn]

Is it the one that I pass to you for adoption? If so, most likely still under impression that it's in my small tank and can't get use to your huge tank now.

[Archer82]

Hi Bro,

I had problems with the leather coral that you are having too. Was given 5 pieces via adoption and about 3 are doing very well. The other 2 remained very unhealthy ( The person passed them to me as they were not doing well in his tank ) and I have discarded them.

The waxing and peeling is natural as long as the wax layer eventually comes off...if it stays on for a long time then it means irritation on the corals' part

Cheers

[pegasus1010]

Is it the one that I pass to you for adoption? If so, most likely still under impression that it's in my small tank and can't get use to your huge tank now.

nope. bro rotala is rite. They shed their skin pretty often. Then after shedding they opened up nicely.

For feeding I used henry mix & let the current push the particles to them & other corals. Once a while target feed with phyto powder.

[valerossi]

u try to put it on high flow rate.i try mine and it survive.