Finger and toad stool leather help

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I have a long tentacle toadstool and a finger leather that I need some advise on.
So here is the story. I came home from work to a cloudy tank all corals were shriveled up. The tank and corals were fully extended the day before and water was crystal clear. I started checking water parameters and everything was within range. Alk was high at 10.5. So I started looking at other stuff. I felt the water and I noticed it was warmer than normal but I thought my hand was just cold from being outside. Checked salinity it was at 1.025. So I thought about what could it possibly be, I go look at the tank some more and noticed my heater light was on so I checked the temp on my digital termometer and it said 90 degrees. Instantly flipped out pulled the heater turned off my skimmer to let the tank naturally settle the tempature. I had just bought coral 2 days prior to this happening. I bought the mention finger, toadstool leather, a pagoda cup, acan, 2 hammers, and a Duncan. The hammers died within 1 day of tank reaching normal temp. Everything has survived including all fish. It’s been 10 days since the event and my toadstool shed it’s skin base came off the frag plug. It’s now rubber banded to a rock, the polyps only come out a little and never show their green color. The finger leather is just like limped over but still has its green color and polyps not extended. I have no clue what else to do. All other corals have fully recovered but the leathers. I’m just out of ideas and need some advise. Tank is 1 year old biocube 32
 
I have a long tentacle toadstool and a finger leather that I need some advise on.
So here is the story. I came home from work to a cloudy tank all corals were shriveled up. The tank and corals were fully extended the day before and water was crystal clear. I started checking water parameters and everything was within range. Alk was high at 10.5. So I started looking at other stuff. I felt the water and I noticed it was warmer than normal but I thought my hand was just cold from being outside. Checked salinity it was at 1.025. So I thought about what could it possibly be, I go look at the tank some more and noticed my heater light was on so I checked the temp on my digital termometer and it said 90 degrees. Instantly flipped out pulled the heater turned off my skimmer to let the tank naturally settle the tempature. I had just bought coral 2 days prior to this happening. I bought the mention finger, toadstool leather, a pagoda cup, acan, 2 hammers, and a Duncan. The hammers died within 1 day of tank reaching normal temp. Everything has survived including all fish. It’s been 10 days since the event and my toadstool shed it’s skin base came off the frag plug. It’s now rubber banded to a rock, the polyps only come out a little and never show their green color. The finger leather is just like limped over but still has its green color and polyps not extended. I have no clue what else to do. All other corals have fully recovered but the leathers. I’m just out of ideas and need some advise. Tank is 1 year old biocube 32
First calm down and take a breath and relax!! It will be ok it sounds like you did everything you were supposed to do put the toadstool and leathers in a low light high flow area and maybe slowly lower the tank temp more than normal. Repeat slowly over a couple days!!!!! Not to fast or you will shock them again. It sounds like they’ll be ok!!
 
First calm down and take a breath and relax!! It will be ok it sounds like you did everything you were supposed to do put the toadstool and leathers in a low light high flow area and maybe slowly lower the tank temp more than normal. Repeat slowly over a couple days!!!!! Not to fast or you will shock them again. It sounds like they’ll be ok!!
Tank sits at 78 normally so what should you suggest I set tank temp to
 
I'd do a Waterchange and run charcoal. It's to bad the leather detached, because when I added more flow to my tank, the leathers are staying open longer....In lower flow they would close up once a week for a few days,shead then open back up. Now with higher flow they just stay open.
 
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About 74 I would do but do this over 4 days!!
What will lowering the tank temp that low do? I would rather just lose the leathers than possibly stressing out my fish and causing an ich or brook outbreak. I had that last winter when my power went out and tank temp dropped to 70 before I could get my generator hooked up
 
I'd do a Waterchange and run charcoal. It's to bad the leather detached, because when I added more flow to my tank, the leathers are staying open longer....In lower flow they would close up once a week for a few days,shead then open back up. Now with higher flow they just stay open.
I’m running chemipure blue. It has some carbon in it
 
Agree don’t move it let it be. If it’s showing polyps it will bounce back if it starts to rot pull it out and try to frag a couple of pieces and maybe you’ll get 1 or more to make it.
 
Agree don’t move it let it be. If it’s showing polyps it will bounce back if it starts to rot pull it out and try to frag a couple of pieces and maybe you’ll get 1 or more to make it.
The only thing that rotted was the base of it from the frag plug for some reason. It is showing life though. Any suggestion for the finger leather?
 
Well if the base rotted on it frag the entire top into multiple pieces is what I would do and let the finger leather ride it out most likely going to shed needs moderate flow or manually rub it a little if you can’t move it.
 
Best thing is to keep water clean,add some fresh charcoal..Leather coral have chemical warfare, You could also do a 10 to 15 min, iodine dip. I use this, and it won't harm your leathers. Kent Marine Lugols Solution
 

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