lazeelegs Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 i bought a blue leather from my lfs last week,,fine no problem well now it is starting to shred at the base of the limbs,,, it was just one of the limbs at first now its both of them,,,u can see the white skin underneath,,,,, what can i do??? does it need to be taken back???? the rest of my stuff,,,zoo's shrooms rics are fine,,,, i hate to see it like that please help??? Link to comment
SeaMountain Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Blue leather! OMG! I've been looking for blue leather for quite awhile. Leather is durable but, if you don't treat it, it can become dried and cracked. Causing welts. What I use is... Oh wait a minute... nevermind... Link to comment
tinyreef Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 need more info. a pic would be great. (flow, lighting, animal's apparent condition, etc.) i'm not sure what type of coral you're talking about. it's kinda like "brown dog" or "yellow bird". is it an arborescent, encrusting, thick, thin, leathery, slimy, smooth, rough, etc.? sounds like it's disintegrating. are there chunks coming off? (dead/dying) is it torn or split? does it still recoil on touch or photoperiod? how are its polyps? how did it look at the lfs? how did you acclimate it? what's your setup? (equipment, water parameters, maintenance schedule, yada yada yada...) Link to comment
lazeelegs Posted December 3, 2003 Author Share Posted December 3, 2003 no chunks as yet it is torn, i dosed with iodine strontium and calcium and it seemed to rally the tears seem to be better, polyps are still good, still recoiling to touch,,, set up eclipse 12, parameters within normal range ,,,sorry can't give numbers,,,,maintenance,,,water change 20% every week,,, kent marine reef strontium,,iodine, calcium and kent essential elements once a week well today was 2 times a week,,,seemed to help some,, looked fine at lfs,,,,acclimate 1 hour in tank in bag from lfs,,,then 45 mintues with water mixed from me ,, it was fine ,,,, if you need more info let me know,, Link to comment
lazeelegs Posted December 3, 2003 Author Share Posted December 3, 2003 water flow is good power head,,,and pump,,,everything else in tank,,,,,rics zoos shrooms are dandy Link to comment
tinyreef Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 any crabs in the tank? Link to comment
Crakeur Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 I'd love to see a pic of a blue leather. I've never seen them before. could it be dyed? Link to comment
lazeelegs Posted December 4, 2003 Author Share Posted December 4, 2003 ha ha ha ,,,it was blue,,,,now it is passing away,,,,,,i am so sad,,i have only had my tank running since september and this is my first loss,,,, maybe the die killed it yes on the crabs,,, Link to comment
LITTLEFISHEE Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 If it's not to late, try a dip in lugols iodine. I've seen neon yellow leathers recently that were obviously dyed. If you decide to dip it read the directions very carefully and then leave it alone until it gets better or disintegrates. Link to comment
lazeelegs Posted December 4, 2003 Author Share Posted December 4, 2003 its too late,,,,i am really disraught Link to comment
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