Curved Leather Coral Stalk

[JHall651]

Hey I recently just bought my first leather coral and was wondering how to get it to have a curved stalk. I have seen guys have their leathers attached to a rock that come straight off of the rock horizontally and then curves up towards the light. How do you achieve this? Do you just glue him on horizontally and he will bend upwards on his own? Does anyone know? Currently my leather's stalk is straight so I went ahead and glued him straight out horizontally thinking he would act like a plant and eventually curve himself upwards. Is this right? I am just worried about some of the polyps that are not getting light at the bottom.

 

[JHall651]

Anyone know about this or have done it???

 

[JHall651]

Really?

 

[velvetelvis]

It would help if you could post a picture, or tell us specifically what kind of coral it is. "Leather" is a very general colloquial term. Is it a sarcophyton ("toadstool"), or a tree-type coral like sinularia or capnella?

 

[JHall651]

I believe it is a toadstool.