[I am having a problem with my Finger Leather and Toadstool Leather. The following is info of the tank:
- The type of coral – Finger Leather and Toadstool Leather (don’t know scientific names)
- How long you have had the coral – ~1 year
- How long it has been having problems – 3 days
- The rate at which the problem is occurring/spreading – about a square inch a day
- Any changes to the tank – None
- How long the tank has been set up – almost 7 years
- size of the tank ( gallons or liters) – 105 gallons with 20 gallon sump
- nearby corals – mushrooms
Water quality:
- Ph – 8.3
- temperature – 79 to 80 F
- salinity – 1.025
- nitrate - <10
- phosphate - 1
- alkalinity – 13dkh
Tank information:
Lighting – 260 watts PC
Water flow – 4 Maxijet 1200 plus Mag Drive 9.5 on the return
What you add to your tank on a regular basis and how much? Kent Super Buffer once every 2 weeks
A description of the problem:
The polyps on the Finger Leather do not extend at all. All that is visible is the tissue. The color of the tissue is normally a dark shade of pink. The tissue now is a light shade of pink with some gray tones. The leather is also slumped over.
The Toadstool Leather has about 75% of it’s polyps extended. There are 3 areas where the polyps do not extend. The tissue is still dark pink, except for the areas where the polyps do not extend. Those areas are a pale gray. The leather is still upright.
Is it possible this could be caused by 2 decaying and breaking up mushrooms? The mushrooms are not next to the leathers. Should I pull the rock with the 2 decaying mushrooms and remove them? I have performed a 10% water change and also started running some carbon. After which, the Finger Leather stood up but no polyp extension.
The only corals in the tank are mushrooms and the 2 leathers.
Any help or insight you can provide would greatly be appreciated.]
- The type of coral – Finger Leather and Toadstool Leather (don’t know scientific names)
- How long you have had the coral – ~1 year
- How long it has been having problems – 3 days
- The rate at which the problem is occurring/spreading – about a square inch a day
- Any changes to the tank – None
- How long the tank has been set up – almost 7 years
- size of the tank ( gallons or liters) – 105 gallons with 20 gallon sump
- nearby corals – mushrooms
Water quality:
- Ph – 8.3
- temperature – 79 to 80 F
- salinity – 1.025
- nitrate - <10
- phosphate - 1
- alkalinity – 13dkh
Tank information:
Lighting – 260 watts PC
Water flow – 4 Maxijet 1200 plus Mag Drive 9.5 on the return
What you add to your tank on a regular basis and how much? Kent Super Buffer once every 2 weeks
A description of the problem:
The polyps on the Finger Leather do not extend at all. All that is visible is the tissue. The color of the tissue is normally a dark shade of pink. The tissue now is a light shade of pink with some gray tones. The leather is also slumped over.
The Toadstool Leather has about 75% of it’s polyps extended. There are 3 areas where the polyps do not extend. The tissue is still dark pink, except for the areas where the polyps do not extend. Those areas are a pale gray. The leather is still upright.
Is it possible this could be caused by 2 decaying and breaking up mushrooms? The mushrooms are not next to the leathers. Should I pull the rock with the 2 decaying mushrooms and remove them? I have performed a 10% water change and also started running some carbon. After which, the Finger Leather stood up but no polyp extension.
The only corals in the tank are mushrooms and the 2 leathers.
Any help or insight you can provide would greatly be appreciated.]
