Figi Yellow Leather?

Jennie · Jan 12, 2019

Hello leather experts, any idea what this leather is? I ordered a Figi yellow and this is what came. The polyps opened within two days but it looks brown to me. Ps. This was ordered from Live Aquaria. Thanks

James M · Jan 12, 2019

That honestly just looks like a brown toadstool

Jennie · Jan 12, 2019

James M said:
That honestly just looks like a brown toadstool

That’s what I think too, thanks

James M · Jan 12, 2019

Refund !!

Paleozoic_reefer · Jan 12, 2019

If that’s a yellow Fiji Leather then that must be an Ultra-Fluorescent Bright-Yellow Tang you got there!!

Jennie · Jan 12, 2019

Paleozoic_reefer said:
If that’s a yellow Fiji Leather then that must be an Ultra-Fluorescent Bright-Yellow Tang you got there!!

I think people there don’t know one from the other, definitely brown leather.

reef lover · Jan 12, 2019

Idk with as convoluted as the top is and the short length of the polyp i do believe its a fiji thats been under insufficient light. Just my opinion.

tweeter · Jan 12, 2019

Give it time to color up. To me it looks like a Fiji yellow leather, it just needs to color up.

Jennie · Jan 12, 2019

tweeter said:
Give it time to color up. To me it looks like a Fiji yellow leather, it just needs to color up.

I sent them pictures, but everything I’ve read about the yellow Figi is that they take awhile to open up and it did in less than two days.

tweeter · Jan 12, 2019

I had one, and it took awhile for it to get it's color back from shipping and getting used to a new environment. It's like alot of other corals, they loose color, plumpness, etc and just need time to adjust. Just think how hard it would be for you to be moved from Earth to Mars! They come from the Ocean, and have to travel many many miles from their birth place across the world. Their temps and everything else that were raised in is now foreign! It's a wonder that they can survive at all....Be patient....

Jennie · Jan 13, 2019

reef lover said:
Idk with as convoluted as the top is and the short length of the polyp i do believe its a fiji thats been under insufficient light. Just my opinion.

I just received it January 8, 2019. Any idea when I could start to see a color difference? I use Hydra 26’s running the David Saxby preset. Live Aquaria has a 14 day guarantee so I have a little over a week left.

reef lover · Jan 13, 2019

Put him at the top theyre light lovers and it shouldnt take more than a couple of weeks.

Jennie · Jan 13, 2019

reef lover said:
Put him at the top theyre light lovers and it shouldnt take more than a couple of weeks.

It’s around mid to high, I will move him on up today. Thanks!

Jennie · Jan 21, 2019

Ok, so he was moved up January 13th. No coloring up at all the same tan/brown look. Tomorrow is day 14 of the Live Aquaria guarantee should I contact them again?

reef lover · Jan 21, 2019

Really its up to you. I really do believe its a fiji ... #reefsquad got some opinions to help the decision ??

Big G · Jan 21, 2019

I got a Fiji from them about 6 months ago. Have been moving it around since out of the QT. On the bottom it was darkish yellow/brown. But as I moved it up higher there is a much brighter yellow/tan cast to the coral. Took a few weeks for it to adjust to the brighter light but clearly likes being up high.

Jennie · Jan 21, 2019

Big G said:
I got a Fiji from them about 6 months ago. Have been moving it around since out of the QT. On the bottom it was darkish yellow/brown. But as I moved it up higher there is a much brighter yellow/tan cast to the coral. Took a few weeks for it to adjust to the brighter light but clearly likes being up high.

Any pictures?