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Melting leather


Murphs_Reef

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Murphs_Reef

Hi, I have a toadstool leather which is rotting / melting, the polyps are still opening up however?

Is been consumed by around 10%. Is there much I can do to help it! Cut away the rote?

 

I got it very cheap as it didn't look in the best condition, algae covered etc, I have spend a week bringing it back to health and it was beginning to look great.. Shame...

 

Any suggestions? Thanks

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leathers get pissed and shrivel with their polyps retracted, they also slime and will stay like this for up to a week or so...but if it is indeed rotting that is bad and I'd get it out ASAP. I've had that happen with a yellow fiji, but every other leather I've had has been pretty hardy. Can you post a pic?

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Murphs_Reef

My camera can't get a good enough picture, (ipad) but is defo rotting at the edge, can I cut away the bad bit aggressively as if to frag, just leave a little? As the polyps on the unaffected side are out and happy? Or not worth the risk

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Harrisonbored

If you've only had it a week, and it was covered in algae when you got it, then it could just be shedding.

Either way I'd give it another week to recover before cutting/fragging it...it's already stressed enough.

If your tank param's are good and its not being stung by another coral then it "should" start to recover...Leathers are pretty resilient.

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