Leathers are weird. Any new change in enviorment will make them close up. With that being said, since its new enviorment is your tank, it will be closed for about a week or two. It should begin to shed eventually, I recommend running carbon just so that during its shed it doesnt release toxins into the water, dont be afraid the toxins wont hurt you, but can hurt other coral.Carbon will stop this from happening. Also run carbon always if you decide to get a lot of leathers. Itll help with the cease of coral warfare. As for flow, Medium-High flow. They like any type of light, but if you were to choose for best growth, Low-Medium light. I keep mind on the sandbed, check my build thread for reference. The leather will adjust eventually to whatever height you put it at. It will also adjust to the parameters and placement. But what i said earlier, would be ideal. It took one of my large finger leathers a month to realize, hey im safe let me say whats up!