Leather (?) is dying!

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QUESTION: Hi. We purchased what we were told was a Leather. We have seen them at the petstore. they are massive and open, reminds me of an old phonograph, you know the kind that they cranked to play music? Just describing in case its not  really a leather. Anyways, we purchased this girls stock, candy canes, trumpets, toadstool, and this. The trumpets are partway skeletal and the leather is now slumped over. She said that even though her halides had gone out a few days before, it always opened up with the sunlight hit. Well, we have it under great lights,m in fact have tried to different tanks with faster flows and higher lights trying to revive it. Its getting worse by the day. We dont know anything about them and when I look up Leather, I get nothing that resembles. Our tank is doing well and no other issues except for this one coral. It has the cobwebby stuff coming out of it and all around it. Please help! we want to save it!

ANSWER: Hi Amanda

Leather corals prefer moderate lighting and little flow.  I would suggest moving it into indirect light and an area of the tank where there is little flow.

What kind of light/lighting are you using and what are your water parameters?

There is also the possibility that it is till trying to adjust to your tank.

Kind Regards

Michael

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Leather Coral?   QUESTION: We had it in a 34G red sea that runs at 80Degrees with a salinity of 1.23. Everything tests fine. The flow is low ,in fact only one is hooked up. The lights are not the orig, just a step up. Nothing too bright. The other corals and mushrooms are thriving great. The person we bought it from said it opens up as big as her hand. The first day we brought it home, it was flopped out..then it sort unrolled but didnt open. I turned it to have more space away from the tank side and it seems to have flopped to the other side. It has grown onto 2 different rocks, half on one, half on the other and seems stretched. I dont see any skeletal just looks limp and like I said, the cob webby things coming from it are rather concerning. I hope this answers. My husband is the one who maintains the tanks, I just look at them.:)

Answer
Hi Amanda

I just spoke to one of my associates who had a similar problem, but in a bigger tank.

He moved the coral into a corner out of direct light but where it would receive some flow (like I suggested).  He then did weekly 20-30% water changes.  It took over 5 months to come right.

Hope this helps

Kind Regards

Michael