Toadstool Leather dying

[gadgetboy]

I purchased this coral a few days ago along with some other leathers and a GSP. The other ones are doing great, as was this guy, until today. It never really extended it's polyps, just a little bit, but it looked healthy. This morning when I got up, it was limp and the stalk was bent over. It's now 5PM and it has turn a greenish color as opposed to it's original pink and it has several orange spots which I assume is dead coral. My parameters are good (the other corals are doing great) although my salinity could be a bit higher (it's a 1.024). Is this in fact a dying coral and, if so, what can I do to hopefully revive it?

 

[jwoyshnar]

Give it a few days at least. Mine do this every now and then. They shed a bit and then they are bigger than ever.

 

[gadgetboy]

Do they do the orange spot thing too? From what I have seen, that's a dying coral kind of thing.

 

[frenchie]

i have had leathers look like that for weeks so doubt it is dying just keep in good flow cause if they do not shed properly it will melt away.

 

[singold]

Make sure it is getting good flow & good light.

 

[InsaneClownFish]

Look up brown jelly, or brown jelly disease. There's a particular course of treatment.

 

[InsaneClownFish]

Here's a good explanation with some treatments:

http://www.athiel.com/lib/bacterial.html

 

[lorawalters13]

Those orange spots look like flatworms to me. Otherwise, I think it will be fine after an adjustment period. Ditto on keeping it in good flow to assist in shedding.

 

[csm]

mine has done this before. with mine it did this for a few days then came back even bigger then before. i dont know if they are conserving energy to grow or what, but as long as per. are good and you have it in a descent flow area to keep it "cleaned off" it should come back. keep us posted.