leather coral

[reefrat34]

I'm new to the hobby and bought an established aquarium about a month ago. My leather coral was nice and healthy for about 2 wks but for the past several days has looked less than stellar with its polyps retracted. Water quality is excellent. Any suggestions?

 

[THE ROOK]

If you could list your water parameters, maybe we could spot something amiss.

Mine for instance;

Temp - 78
Salinity - 1.026
PH - 8.2
Amm - 0
Nitrate - 0
Calcium - 420
Alk - 12
Mag - 1400

 

[Phyxius]

They will do this once in awhile if they are shedding their skin. Keep low to moderate flow on it and watch it.
It could also be from a water change, or ph change or water flow change also...Leathers are pretty resilient so I would give it a few days and see.

The rook hit the water parameter basics also

 

[reefrat34]

Thanks for your help!

My water parameters:

Temp: 79-81 (Running VHO's and metal halides, temp creeps up a bit during the day even with cooling fans)
Ph: 8.2
Ca: 420
NH3: 0
Nitrate: 10 PPM
Alkalinity: 10 DKH
Salinity: 1.024
Strontium: 8
Mg: 1440
Iodine: 0.06

Thanks again, I appreciate the feedback.