i gots a question, yo!!!!!

[G.SMITHII]

so, i have just never really been turned on by leathers and such.

that is untill yesterday. at my LFS the have two purple/tealish leathers. each is about the size of a toddlers open hand.

neither had its polyps extended.

now i have never ventured down this path before so...

is purple rare?
is 45 bucks a decent price?
is it a bad sighn that i saw no polyp extension?
Whats challenging about leathers?
check my sig, is my system adiquate?
where do i place it if i buy it? (high, low, sand, rocks?)
are these dunb questions?

i know i could find this out if i poked around on the net, i just prefer my info to be seasoned with a little opinion and experience!

 

[michaeldaly]

You must be really desperate to get turned on by leather corals

Purple is very unusual, if it's a very solid purple colour I would suspect it has been dyed.

No polyp extension it not necessarily a bad sign but I would rather buy a coral showing polyp extension.

Leathers are not very hard to keep but you have to be aware of chemical warfare and run quite a lot of carbon. They grow large and require a lot of space.

The placement of the coral all depends upon what leather coral it it.

Not sure if your system is adequate, whats the lighting, water flow?

 

[G.SMITHII]

its not like "crayola" purple....

it looks just lke a standard "finger" leaather but is got like this purplish tint to it.

and to be honest with you at the few LFs round these parts the only leather i have ever seen open were a couple toadstools...
i just figured we get like sub par quality on leathers here in boulder.

how fast does it grow?

do you think a purpleish leather is $45 exciting?