Leather coral broken stem!

[Sharkbait19]

So I thought my leather coral was looking funny, and after days of it being kinda lopsided, I noticed I must have bent the base when cleaning my tank last week.

Will this issue fix itself or is there something that has to be done?

 

[Tired]

I'm pretty sure they're flexible enough to do that of their own accord. As in, it might not be injured, it might be doing that on purpose.

 

[Sharkbait19]

I'm pretty sure they're flexible enough to do that of their own accord. As in, it might not be injured, it might be doing that on purpose.

Okay thanks. It’s weird because rather than shrinking down to sleep as it used to it now just falls over looking sad.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

In my experience it's super hard to break a leather coral. I mean super hard. More than likely the coral has a bad spot, like a bacterial infection or even a nudibranch or sea slug snacking on it.
My suggestion would be to pull the coral and do a 15-20 minute dip in an iodine+saltwater from your tank dip. I've done this for corals when they looked sickly or were damaged by whatever means, and it usually turns them around. Polyp Labs (I think that's the name of the company) has an iodine dip/supplement for your tank. I usually one drop per cup of water for a dip, vs, 1 drop per 30 gallons for a supplement. So that's pretty high. It will kill any critters on the coral that's for sure.

 

[vetteguy53081]

They actually do this when there is insufficient llight or flow and when shedding. Nothing broken

 

[Sharkbait19]

They actually do this when there is insufficient llight or flow and when shedding. Nothing broken

Okay, that makes sense. It just shed and has doubled in size.