Do green finger leathers give off bad chemicals?

[reefslugs]

I am mostly a hard coral keep. I have been loosing all my sps and last night I found one of my octopus coral looking really bad. It's like they are spitting out their guts. I have a large green finger leather and a large rose anenamy setting close to each other. I know some days the rose comes in contact with the leather. I kept thinking there was something wrong with the water, but everything checks fine. It hit me last night that maybe the leather is putting out chemicals in the tank, killing other corals. Any advice?

 

[CaptiveReef]

Terpens corals defense

Terpens corals defense

All corals give off bad chemicals,(terpens, chemical defense) as long as you position them in the proper spot, provide good water monement, use a strong protein skimmer and carbon. You can keep softies and hard corals in the same tank.


CaptiveReef

 

[gflat65]

I've never experienced issues with coral chemical warfare in mixed tanks, either (assuming corals aren't laying over each other and I generally run carbon 24/7). Direct contact usually causes problems only local to the contact site, if parameters are stable.

 

[gh0st]

Finger leathers are known to give off toxic compounds, expecially Sinularia, etc.

Be sure to run carbon and you should be ok.