who has yellow leather

[trekel]

is yellow leather an easy coral to take care of

 

[mjkn2]

i would say it is easy. I have some and have had no problems maintaining it.

 

[ACBlinky]

I'd say it's easy - I've got a frilly yellow frag in my skimmerless, low-flow 5.5g pico reef under 80W PC lighting and it's doing really well.

 

[VinnyTheIcepick]

I have a yellow sarco, finger and toadstool and they do well in my mixed reef. Just keep them in moderate flow because the shed.

 

[Anemonebuff]

Not as easy as the regular ones, but easy enough.

 

[trekel]

thanks for the comments

 

[The_Reef _Man]

Keep it with lots of flow and light and it should do good.

 

[reefshadow]

Yellow leather (sarcophyton elegans) is known to be a bad shipper and hard to initially acclimate, but it seems with most that if it survives the acclimation, it does well. I lost my first to a necrosis that just wouldn't stop, but my second has been a success.

 

[MIKE NY]

I have a Fiji yellow toadstool that is doing alot better with the high light and good flow I give it now.

 

[donfishy76]

Mike, that pics shows a devil's hand leather, which is known as Lobophytum sp.

 

[MIKE NY]

oops..thanks ..I downloaded the wrong one, but it's a yellow leather..

 

[hdtvguy]

This one is in with many large Angels in a 300g tank. No problem in keeping it.

 

[GregM779]

I've had mine since it was a baby, had about a 4 inch diameter when I got it. It's now about 15 inches from front to back. They aren't hard to care for just need good flow above them and a lot of light to do well. They are known to ship poorly so the real secret is to start off with a healthy one.

 

[GregM779]

There's another picture of my leather in last months ReefKeeping magazine
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-01/index.php

 

[Tpareefer]

My favorite coral...IMO easy to take care of. Like stated already, good flow, enough to see it sway a little and good lighting. I have mine under PC lighting but on top of the LR and as close to the lights as I can get it, since I am using PC.