leather,dead or not !

[ramirifi]

hi , a friend brought a leather witch spended 6 h . in a plastic bag with some water . it is shrinked completly with some some decomposing tissue .his smel is fishy but not so bad . how can i know if it is dead or not

 

[MileHighFish]

They will do that when stressed, they also sloth off tissue to shed. I would place it low in your tank with medium flow.

 

[ramirifi]

it is not shedding at all , i am keeping lathers more then one year , the dead tissue is thrue all the thickness of the edge in some places and it is changing color to black

 

[MileHighFish]

Try cutting off the dead tissue with a razor blade.. you have nothing to lose at this point.

 

[RicksReefs]

black means necrotic/dead. if you don't cut away the black ( and into healthy tissue) the whole thing will probably be gone in a week or two.

 

[Anemonebuff]

Cut about a 1/4" in from the black area. Put it in a medium high flow area. I would dose some iodine as well.

 

[ramirifi]

the poblem is that i am afreid to put him in my tank as if he is decomposing he will make a big mass

 

[Anemonebuff]

Just keep an eye on it, do not count a leather coral out. When it starts to go you will know when to pull it out if you have to.

 

[LockeOak]

I have had small patches of a Sinularia turn black and die, just the surface layer due to rubbing against rock. They can recover so long as it's not severe.