leather coral

2 black tips on leather coral with stringy substance hanging from it and dislodging at times.Purchased 3 weeks ago and have yet to see it open up.Parameters good everything else thriving in the tank.Should I be concerned or do something,or is this part of a molting process?:-[

 

It's just shedding its skin because it's growing. Mine is doing the same thing right now! So don't worry about it.

 

:-/ Leathers can be tricky corals. While usually quite hardy, they did much better for me once tank matured a bit.

Move it to better flow area or just to different place in tank.

If a Kenya Tree, mine often close up for 2/3 days...but never for longer then that.

Also would do quick/significant water change in case something in tank coral does not like.

Good Luck.

 

Yes, periodically Octocorals will develop a mucus coat! This is their way of riding algae, parasites, detritus or sediment buildup to afford them a healthier environment. Intense lighting and moderate water flow is ideal for sinularia, lobophytum and sarcophyton species especially!

 

Kinda like molting.. Mine did it all the time....

 

The same here! Everything changed after placing it in the dricet flow from my koralia 2 pump!

 

Just finished with a 10% water change,and within an hour the leather coral has doubled in size,what appears to be goose bumps on it and their is only one black tip on it and no stringy mucus,weird. Must of been something in the water?Thanks everyone for the help..

 

.....That's because it did what I told you it was doing...GROWING! Leathers shed their skin just like snakes when they get bigger. Nothing was wrong, nature was taking it's course. Congrats!

 

I would be concerned about black tips on a leather coral. I would cut the black piece off with a sharp razor blade or knife and give the coral an iodine dip before you put the coral back in the tank.

 

I have found that my leather corals are a good indicator of when I need to do a water change.

When I get lazy and don't change on schedule - which I do miss once in a while - :-/

I notice all my leathers starting to shrink and get wilty...

Do water change and they all perk up just fine.