Help with leather polyp

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I have had my tank for 7 months now. I have done EVERYTHING slow slow slow. My parameters are all good. My problem is about a month ago I got a leather polyp. At my LFS it looked great. I did all the research for it and went ahead and tried it for my first coral. I put it in my tank and it just stayed closed up. I know it is in the best lighted area so I just gave it time. Again slow slow slow. Finally I decided the water flow wasn't enough. So I purchased a larger filter to clean the tank residue and increase flow. At first i though I did it. Some polyp opened up and looked as if it was about to bloom. I was so excited to see it opened up when I got home from work. Well now it is closed up no polyps extended and has a purple tint all this in a 24 hr period. SUGGESTIONS PLEASE I just hope it isnt dying. Its not leaning it is standing up so I just don't know. Maybe the lighting. I just have standard LED lights but they are rather bright.

 

[nuttyd]

Picture would help. Leathers are particular at times. when changing conditions and lighting they can and i have seen them go dormant for months. Then all of a sudden they come out like nothing happened. Be patient. Test water for salinity, kh, ca, mg.

 

[Giants13]

I have had my tank for 7 months now. I have done EVERYTHING slow slow slow. My parameters are all good. My problem is about a month ago I got a leather polyp. At my LFS it looked great. I did all the research for it and went ahead and tried it for my first coral. I put it in my tank and it just stayed closed up. I know it is in the best lighted area so I just gave it time. Again slow slow slow. Finally I decided the water flow wasn't enough. So I purchased a larger filter to clean the tank residue and increase flow. At first i though I did it. Some polyp opened up and looked as if it was about to bloom. I was so excited to see it opened up when I got home from work. Well now it is closed up no polyps extended and has a purple tint all this in a 24 hr period. SUGGESTIONS PLEASE I just hope it isnt dying. Its not leaning it is standing up so I just don't know. Maybe the lighting. I just have standard LED lights but they are rather bright.

be patient, they tend to close when they shed a top layer of there skin. Take a turkey blower thing and blow the top of it see if any thing comes off.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Leather corals go through a shedding process as noted above. They do this on a fairly regular basis but especially do it when they are moved and are having to acclimate to a new tank. Make sure it's in an area of high flow to aid it in the shedding process. It will open up and be more beautiful than before.

Have patience and most of all Welcome to Reef Central!