sleibel Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 I bought a small devils hand softie 3 or 4 days ago and yesterday I noticed that the polyps did not come out much and it was limp. I placed it in the top 1/3 of the tank in medium flow...its just gone limp. Also tried moving it to a different spot...but it was open for a day or 2. Thoughts?? Quote Link to comment
Reefkeepermike Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 they don't require a lot of light or flow. Probably not the cleanest water either. i have one that started about the size of your thumb and is now the size of a baseball glove. I can't tell you how many pieces have dropped off. They grow pretty fast. Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 My experience with leathers: they can live in the lowest light out of most corals but they like and do better in good lighting. In low light they will brown, in good light they get the nice pinky fleshy colour. They also need flow. Low flow builds detritus on them causing them to become irritated which makes them wax over to shed the buildup. This waxing over is normal but when it becomes constant/too frequent, the coral is not happy. Leathers take time to acclimate. They don't like being touched or thing changing and will shrivel up and be grumpy for a day to a week. Pick a spot with decent flow and decent lighting and let the leather get used to it Quote Link to comment
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