Leather

[Reefingmark]

I got a Leather from my lfs the other day. When I placed it in my tank he didn't extend his polyps for a day then he opened up amazingly for a few days, now hes back to no polyp extension. Is this normal or do I need to be afraid?

 

[J.B.]

In my experience, until they become acclimated to your tank, that's fairly normal. Once acclimated, a healthy leather will open up while the lights are on, and typically withdraw its polyps at night when the lights are off. They're a pretty resilient soft coral, and I've not ever seen one actually die, but that's not so say they can't.

Just give it some time, and keep an eye on it.

 

[cloak]

+1.

 

[Mock]

They can just "die" from necrosis, which is the doom of most. Not water flow or light.

I would give this guy some time but if you notice places that dont look so good, be careful, they can start to disintegrate.

 

[cloak]

"Necrosis" is usually black... (IME, w/leathers anyways) I'm not sure if the OP has seen anybody hopping over the fences yet... GL.

Time could definitely be the "key" though.

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