I need some help with my leathers

[pickalow85]

My leathers won't open been havering them for mouths in a 150gl

the pic not the best but they are green right not like their is a power on them my alkalinity is 9 my phosphate 0 my nitrite 0 nitrate 0 ammonia 0

the can under has carb in it

 

[mcarroll]

That can be normal for a week or two - part of their cleaning / stress response. As long as there is good flow, that waxy layer will shed.

 

[pickalow85]

I have never seen they open in my tank

 

[pickalow85]

I seen that online so I took my power head and blow it right on it to help it no luck tho

 

[LetItReef]

They do like indirect flow. Check Salinity too. Good luck.

 

[prsnlty]

When was the last time you changed your water? How much and how often do you change? Have you tested for Mg, Ca, PO4 & Ph? These are important to leathers as well. What kind of lighting do you have? I found that my leathers don't prefer LED unless off to the side of them. Have you tried moving them to a different location? What do you feed your tank? My leathers love reef snow at least once a week.

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Moved to current forum: Soft coral discussion.

 

[fasiczka]

Is something nipping at the leathers? Have you tried placing them a bit lower in the tank? (My leathers do best at about the middle of the tank)

 

[pickalow85]

Ok Chang the water a week ago 40 gl 2 time a mouth

 

[pickalow85]

Sl is 1.024

 

[pickalow85]

Don't know what mg po4 is ca got I be calcium

 

[pickalow85]

How do I add more pic on here

 

[gcrawford]

Temp 77 SG 1.026 varied flow - not direct med to strong lighting. Mine did that at first and after a week or so......

 

[harryball69]

i have mine half way in my tank. with a powerhead above it about 3in. it dont get the hard flow but it gets some gentle flow. it loves it.. try changing your flow around. just a little. small changes make big changes sometimes.. reef on

 

[gcrawford]

i have mine half way in my tank. with a powerhead above it about 3in. it dont get the hard flow but it gets some gentle flow. it loves it.. try changing your flow around. just a little. small changes make big changes sometimes.. reef on

Agreed, changing flow is huge. When my pumps hit reefcrest my leathers get blown off and retract some. Then with low varying flow they reach for the sky.

 

[pickalow85]

Let see light 12 t5 4 ft blue wight and pink 6 led blue for moon light

 

[pickalow85]

All pre set on a timer oh and 2 fans

 

[DLuce510]

At least there alive, something doing nothing is better than something dying. I've seen leathers tolerate a wide variety of light and flow and it's normal to have a waxy layer but softies like nutrients. N03 and P04 both at zero is not a plus with softies. It might not stick out it's polyps because there's nothing to filter feed.

 

[palmer]

Normal for leathers to go through that.

 

[prsnlty]

How is the leather doing? I was thinking of something... leathers do tolerate a bunch of variables except too much light, ammonia or too high salinity... over. 1.026 is max for them. I saw my leather shrink up overnight once and even though i use a refractometer (had not been recalibrated in a while) my sa was 1.030! Just dropping sa down to 1.027 caused it to show signs of life, got even lower and like magic it was big and fluffy again. Just a thought....