wuts wrong with my leather

[bboy aqua]

my leather polyps hasnt opened for 5 days
wuts wrong
for the first 2 weeks it was ok but now its been closed up
heres a pic of when it was opened
now the polyps are closed and its smaller
it still has its nice green glow to it though
my params are:
ph 8.3
amonia 0
trites 0
trates very low
cal 420
alk 8.2

can someone plz tell me wuts wrong
and wuts the exact name for this coral
i was told its just called leather coral

 

[dustin323]

Sometimes leatehrs will close up for a while. It looks like a colt coral.

 

[bboy aqua]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9034174#post9034174 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dustin323
Sometimes leatehrs will close up for a while. It looks like a colt coral.

how long do they usually close up?

right now its under 70w 14k halides
the pic was when it was close to the top
at 1st i thought it was the lighting so then i moved it to the bottom but that didnt change anything

 

[dustin323]

I know my sacrophyton has closed up for about 5 days at a time & came back open. It sheds a mucous coat & looks even prettier when it reopens. I guess it should be the same with this species.

 

[PONCHDOG2000]

i had the same problem a week or two ago. my leather had been happy and all of its "fur" was out and everything was great. then one day it was just closed up. it stayed that way for 2 weeks. i was worried at first. the feedback from this forum and other people helped me with the worries. it's not a problem. they close up from time to time. mine did so and shedded its skin. since its shedding it has grown quite a bit. so, i think you don't need to worry and look forward to its growth that is most likely coming. good luck!

 

[booduh]

What's your flow on it? Too little flow and leathers can take awhile to shed. Try putting some indirect flow on it for awhile, not a ton, just enough to gently move the heads. A rotating powerhead works well for gentle, waving flow.

 

[dustin323]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9061233#post9061233 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by booduh
What's your flow on it? Too little flow and leathers can take awhile to shed. Try putting some indirect flow on it for awhile, not a ton, just enough to gently move the heads. A rotating powerhead works well for gentle, waving flow.

That is true also.

 

[AmosUSA]

I have a leather with white stars on it when it opens up completly that is. Same here for one week it looked terrible then it came back better then ever. i guess they go through a phase then come back again.

 

[zoomfish1]

Check here for most all you can look at , leather corals:

http://www.metacrawler.com/info.met...-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/1

 

[bboy aqua]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9061233#post9061233 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by booduh
What's your flow on it? Too little flow and leathers can take awhile to shed. Try putting some indirect flow on it for awhile, not a ton, just enough to gently move the heads. A rotating powerhead works well for gentle, waving flow.

i have a moderate flow on it
so it should be fine i guess
so far its been little over a week and still closed up
ill just wait and hope for the best