my friend got a leather a few weeks back. his tank has undergone a shocking event, so i told him i would hold onto it for him untill his tank gets back to normal. im my tank and his for all i have seen it doesn't extend (open up), but some of the pylops extend. it has developed a little hole i nthe middle. and apears to be tearing. im lost i have no idea what is wrong. it is in a 75 gallon under 250 watt 10 K XM bulb. my water is fine and everything else in the tank is doing well. what could the problem be? thanks in advance
leather not looking too good.
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zoomfish1
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When you say the water is fine, what exactly is it? Alk, Ca, Ph, Sg, trates, trites, temp, and anything else you might test for.
If it were just acclimating to your tank it would just not polyp out for a few days, but the hole in it indicates something else is going on there.
If it were just acclimating to your tank it would just not polyp out for a few days, but the hole in it indicates something else is going on there.
Batray_Girl
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i've got a green leather polyp (aka regular pinkish-purple color, but has yellowish tentacles), which extended fully for the first couple of days I had it. I purchased a larger, regular toadstool coral and moved the smaller green one to a place in the tank that had equal light, flow, etc. Neither are extending now.
I've even gone so far as to move the small green back to it's original place, but this resulted in the polyp shrinking even smaller. It isn't limp or discolored, just the typical "scared" looking polyp. My problem is the length of time it has been this way. Water param.s good. They get daily doses of stront. & molyb. plus calcium.
Any ideas on what I could do to perk them up? Incease/decrease light, temp.? Anything would be much obliged.
thanks,
-dani
I've even gone so far as to move the small green back to it's original place, but this resulted in the polyp shrinking even smaller. It isn't limp or discolored, just the typical "scared" looking polyp. My problem is the length of time it has been this way. Water param.s good. They get daily doses of stront. & molyb. plus calcium.
Any ideas on what I could do to perk them up? Incease/decrease light, temp.? Anything would be much obliged.
thanks,
-dani
RokleM
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Define "fine" parameters. The most common issue I've seen with leathers is either damage or low ALK. They really don't deal with low ALK well at all.
No offense, but if I had a dollar for every time I read someone's parameters were fine, but ended up way off, I'd converted my entire living room to massive aquarium.
No offense, but if I had a dollar for every time I read someone's parameters were fine, but ended up way off, I'd converted my entire living room to massive aquarium.
Batray_Girl
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calcium is about 400, pH is 8.6, nitrates at 0 (I do water changes at least every other day), temp. 78
Batray_Girl
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ok. how far down do you think I should bring it? I'll have to test for the alkalinity tomorrow. The kit is with the boyfriend right now.
thanks for being so quick
thanks for being so quick
RokleM
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ok. how far down do you think I should bring it? I'll have to test for the alkalinity tomorrow. The kit is with the boyfriend right now.
thanks for being so quick
Most shoot for the 8.2 - 8.4 range. If your PH is that high (and you're not doing it on purpose), it's that high for a reason. If you're running kalk, you might be dosing too much (which would lead to a high PH and high ALK). I'd recommend seeing what the ALK test shows.
Batray_Girl
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retested this morning:
my nitrates rose, but I am confident this is because I added a new rock with zoo.s and monti., but didn't see the dead part of the zoo. colony. i did my best to get them off and out, but I know that had to affect my little tank.
anyway, here's what I got:
Ca: 500
kH: 197
PO: 0.1
NO: 15
my nitrates rose, but I am confident this is because I added a new rock with zoo.s and monti., but didn't see the dead part of the zoo. colony. i did my best to get them off and out, but I know that had to affect my little tank.
anyway, here's what I got:
Ca: 500
kH: 197
PO: 0.1
NO: 15
Batray_Girl
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Nevermind about the green toadstool. It is perfectly fine as of today.
However, the new toadstool is still not so hot. I am seeing areas on it now that are leading me to believe that it had some kind of infection. Parts of it have that "rotty" look to it and are definitely not shedding. There's a little bit of brownish-orange in these areas as well.
Should I try to frag off these parts or is there something I can use to help it heal up?
However, the new toadstool is still not so hot. I am seeing areas on it now that are leading me to believe that it had some kind of infection. Parts of it have that "rotty" look to it and are definitely not shedding. There's a little bit of brownish-orange in these areas as well.
Should I try to frag off these parts or is there something I can use to help it heal up?
Batray_Girl
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in ppm...
Batray_Girl
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Glad to hear yours is doing better. My green toadstool LOVES all the light it can get, while the pink leathers seem to like HO 50/50 and the compact flourescent better.
What light is in your nano?
What light is in your nano?
