Green leather problem

[allsps40]

I have had a grown a green leather from a very small frag and it has always been very healthy, never having any issues. Just recently it has developed a dead spot on it that is white and eating a hole threw it. tank is stable and healthy, mostly sps. 250w mh lighting, good flow 0 po4 and 5 no3. I also have a smaller green leather that is uneffected, all other coral in tank are doing very very well. Any ideas on what this is??

 

[allsps40]

no one?

 

[StephLionfish]

Is it in direct flow? I moved my Toadstool ( pink with orange and green polyps ) in some direct flow, because it always opens up more in higher flow, but it hated it, and developed a brown spot and a small hole. It stayed closed up, too. I moved it somewhere else in the tank with indirect flow, and it's all better.

 

[allsps40]

Well the spot started out small and white now it is large and white. The leather gets great PE and is in an area of good flow. I think it may be splitting because of how large it has gotten, not sure though.

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

pics are always very helpful, as once persons description may not match another's...your description of a hole may very well be a tear, split or separation to someone else...

 

[allsps40]

Ok pic soon.

 

[SpookyMcSpooker]

I have a devil's hand coral that gets spots like these near it's fingers and the hole eats through until the finger falls off. Then it heals over and grows a new finger while the finger it dropped turns into a baby coral : 3. Maybe that's what's happening with yours?

 

[Gill_bucket]

Sounds like you will have a baby soon.

 

[MarkusII]

Hello,

yes this is the way of self fragging

regards

Markus