Yellow leather rotting? infected? *before and after pics*

[ultraxr]

Here's a picture of my Yellow leather 2-3 days ago.

Today.

anybody can tell me what this is? What should i do? Should i cut that part off? Leave it alone?

 

[tinyreef]

siphon off the small piece of rot. just like an infected wound on a person, you need to dress and clean such a wound. after you suck out the rot/fungus/bacteria-whatever, it should be ok. it doesn't look like it has advanced any into the body/cap.

sometimes (some) sarcophytons develop such "infections" from a slight overabundance of coral slime/mucus that the coral exude from irritation (e.g. something just touched it, water conditions, etc.).

overall, the coral looks fine though (looks like a s. serenei if i had to guess, the polyp spacing toward the center sets it apart from s. elegans). they just need to be kept clean every now and then. hth

 

[ultraxr]

thanks...

 

[ultraxr]

any other suggestions? advice? tips?

 

[Cody Ray]

If u can remove the coral and with a SHARP implement cut of the infected area. Then I would use some seachems coral dip and paint some of it onto the cut. Let that sit for about a minute and then gently rinse the coral in some nsw and then if u don't have a QT put the leather back in.

 

[BTTRFLYGRL]

My Toadstool was getting these. I would just suck them out with a turkey baster..The Toadstoll is thriving now

 

[ultraxr]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8431508#post8431508 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BTTRFLYGRL
My Toadstool was getting these. I would just suck them out with a turkey baster..The Toadstoll is thriving now

What do you mean exactly? The infected area will come off with just some sucking action of a turkey baster?

 

[graveyardworm]

In some cases increasing flow over the coral can help it overcome external infection as well. The coral will have to be monitored for its overall reaction to the additional flow, too much and it will let you know.

 

[ChurchBoy]

I had the same thing happen to my yellow tonga mushroom. It started RTN. I examined the bottom of the rock and there was a huge bristle worm attached to it. I don't know if that was the reason, but it really didn't look like it helped. I cut off all the necrosing parts, but it was too far gone.

 

[Sk8r]

Probably the worm was there to clean out the rot, for good or for ill. Watch your alkalinity: in my own experience, leathers react very strongly to alkalinity drops.