I bought a finger leather app. 2 weeks or so ago and when I first put it in the tank it was mad from moving of course then it opened up and looked pretty but the stalk started wilting and getting soft.I thought maybe it didn't like it where it was so I moved it and after a day or so it would open but the stalk kept getting limper.Once it lays down the stalk gets hard again..I moved it yesterday to an area that had some rock to support it better but it is like the stalk became butter and just wilted among the rock.Stalk is hard now but it looks bad.The other coral I bought is doing great.I only bought 1 piece of the finger leather..The three pieces of colt coral,,the mushrooms,feather duster and cabbage coral are fine.Any ideas why he is sooo unhappy and is he dieing?What should I do?
My finger leather looks awful
- Thread starter missc4
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please post all current water params to start off with please...what was the coral like in the tank you purchased it from? and what were the other corals in there looking like? What flow do you have going over the coral? and what is the lighting in the tank?
Niko
Niko
Hey Niko..you should know my water params are good..lol..I have a touch of OCD so I test every other day..lol
Anyhow.Amm is 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 0-5.0,calcuim 420
The coral looked great in the tank when I bought it..All the corals in my tank were bought at the same store.I have two power heads blowing near all the corals and it is a low light coral,i was told all the corals are under the standard lighting that is 70 watts
Anyhow.Amm is 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 0-5.0,calcuim 420
The coral looked great in the tank when I bought it..All the corals in my tank were bought at the same store.I have two power heads blowing near all the corals and it is a low light coral,i was told all the corals are under the standard lighting that is 70 watts
70 watts is way too less for a 135 gallon. You need atleast 3 watts/gallon with MH and 5 watts/ gallon with PC.
My guess would be not enough light. I don't trust any of the fishy shops, they'll tell you anything to make a sale. Got sold a torch coral & told it'd do fine under my pc's, poor thing only lasted a month. Tested everything i could think of and can only put it down to not powerful enough lighting.
Maybe worth trying feeding it something to see if that helps. I don't know if they live off food or just light but might be worth a try.
Maybe worth trying feeding it something to see if that helps. I don't know if they live off food or just light but might be worth a try.
Lighting could be a possibility i suppose, but leathers are generally quite a hardy coral. You could try moving it up higher in the tank.
Niko
lighting isn't just based on watts/ gallon. A 70W light suspended above any tank is still 70W. If 70W is enough for your coral in a 20g tank, then it is enough for your coral in a 200g tank, assuming the coral is directly under it.
Sounds to me like you should allow the coral to lay down, as opposed to forcing it to support itself by wedging it between rocks. It's probably meant to flop and grow with the current.
Sounds to me like you should allow the coral to lay down, as opposed to forcing it to support itself by wedging it between rocks. It's probably meant to flop and grow with the current.