Green Crown Leather Help Please

[DianaDoesDallas]

Hello everyone! We have a Green Crown Leather that we aren't having much luck with and we're hoping for some suggestions. It has been in the tank for about 2 months now. Our tank is a stable 50 gallon aquarium with Ammonia zero, Phosphates zero, Nitrites zero, Nitrate trace. Lighting Kessil 160. Tankmates coral wise include: frogspawn, hammer, Xenia, zoas, palys, mushrooms and gsp that are all thriving plus 5 small fish that ignore the leather. We have moved our leather to different locations high and low. It's never been within reach of the hammer, frogspawn or palys. The flow is excellent...We feed phytoplankton, brine and mysis. What else can we do? Pic below..

 

[Tahoe61]

Leave it be and do not move the coral. Sacrophytons do not like to be moved or handled and can takes weeks to show polyp extension. Moderately high flow assist in riding them of their waxy coating.

 

[esloan88]

My wife made the original post but I wanted to add that the problem we are having is absolutely no polyp extension at all. The surface of the leather just looks smooth. No sign of dying, no bleaching at all. Just refuses to extend polyps at all.

Right now our tanks has carbon, some purigen and some Phosguard in the sump. Also have a skimmer and filter socks that we change regularly. We have chaeto in the refugium and a healthy supply of pods. I use Algae Barns phytoplankton every day, mostly to feed the pods. I'm not using any food specifically for the coral, except for some Microvert occasionally.

Any help or advice here would be great.

 

[keddre]

Leave it be and do not move the coral. Sacrophytons do not like to be moved or handled and can takes weeks to show polyp extension. Moderately high flow assist in riding them of their waxy coating.

I understand why you guys are concerned but I second Tahoe.
As long as it isn't shriveled up it's fine. They all move at their own pace when adjusting, and if you keep moving it to different locations like you said you are, it can't adjust at all

 

[DianaDoesDallas]

I understand why you guys are concerned but I second Tahoe.
As long as it isn't shriveled up it's fine. They all move at their own pace when adjusting, and if you keep moving it to different locations like you said you are, it can't adjust at all

Thank you. We will leave it right where it is then and remain hopeful.

 

[DianaDoesDallas]

Leave it be and do not move the coral. Sacrophytons do not like to be moved or handled and can takes weeks to show polyp extension. Moderately high flow assist in riding them of their waxy coating.

Thank you for the quick reply!

 

[Cubanito]

Hola que puede ser esto

translation:
Hi, what could this be?

 

[Cubanito]

Hola está soltando los hijos es normal y está con mancha blanca

translation:
Hello, he is releasing little ones, it is normal and it has a white spot