Sarcophyton issue

[Nick_Northern]

Hi all, can anyone tell me what might be going on with my sarcophyton, the last few days polyps have been mostly retracted and it has a lot of small circular white blotches growing on it. None of my other leathers are showing any symptoms.

Thanks

Nick

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[bull shark]

Likely shedding. Does it look shiny?

 

[Nick_Northern]

Likely shedding. Does it look shiny?

No its not shiny, doesn't look like it usually does when shedding but it could be. I'm wondering if my nitrates are a bit low for it? they are sitting at around 1ppm, weird that none of my other softies seem bothered though

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[garygonzales]

normal thats what they do....

 

[bull shark]

How long has it been in the tank at that location? Any changes in flow, filtration, lighting, parameters?

 

[Nick_Northern]

How long has it been in the tank at that location? Any changes in flow, filtration, lighting, parameters?

Its been in its current location for around 6 weeks, no other light or flow changes since then. I did drop steadily drop my nitrates to around 1ppm which has killed off my chaeto, wonder if the drop is also affecting the leather. I got the coral as a tiny frag around 7 months ago and never seen it look like this.

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[Nick_Northern]

It is starting to go a bit shiny so maybe shedding, never seen the white bits before though, almost look like eggs

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[ComforablyNumb]

That does not look usual. Leathers can be weird, but I haven't seen one look like that before.

Keep an eye on it..if those white spots continue to grow and look like fungus patches, keep a VERY close eye on it.

 

[Nick_Northern]

That does not look usual. Leathers can be weird, but I haven't seen one look like that before.

Keep an eye on it..if those white spots continue to grow and look like fungus patches, keep a VERY close eye on it.

Thanks will do, It definately doesn't look right. I realised one thing I did in the same timeframe was add polyfilter to my sump, maybe this took something out of the water that the sarco was relying on. I have removed the polyfilter and will do a wc, hopefully that will perk it back up