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Old 01/09/2008, 04:09 PM
crazykrammm crazykrammm is offline
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finger leather help

my finger leather doesn't look good it's turned green for the past to days should i get rid of it before it ruins everything else in the tank
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Old 01/09/2008, 04:18 PM
Ryeseedboy Ryeseedboy is offline
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My Fiji Leather just died too

I am not sure how much they mess up the tank, did not kill anything in my tank, protien skimmer went nuts. I left mine in until it was black ;-( I guess I was just hoping he would turn around....
I have a long tentacle leather that is doing great though.
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Old 01/09/2008, 05:54 PM
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I would keep it in for awhile. Don't give up yet. Leather corals have a tendency to get ugly every once in awhile in my opinion. How much flow and light is it getting? I wouldn't get rid of it after two days though. I had a leather that shrunk up, and took over two months to appear healthy again.
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Old 01/10/2008, 05:41 PM
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What are your water parameters? (ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, salt, temp etc)

Is this a newly acquired coral? If so, it's normal for a leather coral to shrink up and appear slightly green.

However, if the leather coral begins to "melt" I would dispose of it immediately. A dying/melting leather coral in a 30g display may be a disaster. I've found them to be rather toxic in small water volumes.

You may want to run carbon.
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Old 01/11/2008, 03:05 PM
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If you have metal halide lighting move it so it's not directly under the light. Also, too much water flow can have a negative effect.
 

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