Leather coral dying!??

lukeholmes01 · Jul 10, 2022

Hello!
I just got my leather coral on Monday, and ever since then he has not been able to keep himself up, and he looks like his skin is peeling?! Anyways, I’ve been doing daily testing and all the water parameters are good and stable.

Mr. Mojo Rising · Jul 10, 2022

is there enough flow? Leathers will droop if not enough flow.
Skin peeling is ok, leathers shed occassionally.

piranhaman00 · Jul 10, 2022

Mine droop sometimes, normal

Lavey29 · Jul 10, 2022

My finger leather completely droops over at night.

Lavey29 · Jul 10, 2022

How old is the tank? Is that rock up against the side glass of the tank? If so, how will you clean your glass every few days?

lukeholmes01 · Jul 10, 2022

Lavey29 said:
How old is the tank? Is that rock up against the side glass of the tank? If so, how will you clean your glass every few days?

It is not propped against the glass! The tank is about 3 months old, and all other coral is doing good.

lukeholmes01 · Jul 10, 2022

LordofCinder said:
is there enough flow? Leathers will droop if not enough flow.
Skin peeling is ok, leathers shed occassionally.

I adjusted the flow, and now I’ll see if that works. Thanks!

Lavey29 · Jul 10, 2022

lukeholmes01 said:
It is not propped against the glass! The tank is about 3 months old, and all other coral is doing good.

Is that a sinalaria? I have one in my tank. I had to use rock rubble around the base for 3 weeks to support it upright before it attached itself to the rock and I could remove the support.

lukeholmes01 · Jul 10, 2022

Lavey29 said:
Is that a sinalaria? I have one in my tank. I had to use rock rubble around the base for 3 weeks to support it upright before it attached itself to the rock and I could remove the support.

Yes, should I do that until I can support it’s self?

Lavey29 · Jul 10, 2022

lukeholmes01 said:
Yes, should I do that until I can support it’s self?

Mine wasn't attached to a plug or anything but leathers have this foot kind of base that they attach to rocks kind of like what an anemone does but not the same type of foot. If you can get it vertical and put some rock rubble around it to keep it that way it should attach itself after 3 weeks. You can see mine bottom middle right attached.