Devil's fingers issue

[Aslam Kavde]

I'm still new to the marine side of things, started 11 months ago. In the last few months I've started to add more corals and fish to the tank.
Recently I added a devil's fingers leather to the tank which was attached to a rock bought from a fellow hobbiest - done the usual process of going through coral dip.
A couple of days after it went into the DT, saw a couple of aiptasias growing through the rock so took it out and into the quarantine tank. So many of the nasty buggers came out that I had to frag the leather and bin the rock. So far no sign of them in the DT - phew!
The leather then went from upright to droopy and now it has some sort of cocoon over it, do I need to worry about it or leave it for a while?
I've attached a couple of pictures.

 

[najer]

How much flow is it getting, have you tried blowing it off with a baster?

 

[Aslam Kavde]

The QT is 38l with a small pump for flow so it's not making the leather move.
I tried the baster which blew it open but after a few minutes it closed up again

 

[Jon Fishman]

Those things are pretty much indestructible. It will rebound

 

[Aslam Kavde]

Thanks Jon, I hope so

 

[vetteguy53081]

najer is correct - hardy they are but they require steady flow, NOT blast of current. The film you see is an unsuccessful shed that requires flow for separation.
A turkey baster will help loosen that film. Moderate lighting also and you have a happy leather!!

 

[Aslam Kavde]

Cool, I'll turn up the flow and give it a going over with the baster
Thanks

 

[Jon Fishman]

Thanks Jon, I hope so

I got a tank, tore down from someone, and one of the rocks had a little used-band aid looking nasty thing on it...... The rock remained out of water, just closed in a stinky storage tote full of other rocks for 2+ days. Eventually I got the tank setup and filled and restarted the tank etc...

That used-nasty-band-aid is a nice big Devil’s hand with plenty of fuzzy polyps. I even removed it from the rock with a razorblade and new tiny ones are growing. In the back of the tank there is a 1.5” fat piece growing and connected to the bare-bottom...... I have no idea where that piece even came from.


They are like tanks

 

[Aslam Kavde]

So I moved the pumps flow to point at the frag and got the baster to blast off the skin and it came off but made the whole tank murky and stinky so I'm doing a water change now, check out the pics

 

[reef lover]

Im afraid he melted...i would suck up anything jellyish and remove. You might get lucky and a new leather might grow from any remains.

 

[Aslam Kavde]

Gutted

 

[reef lover]

Sorry...

 

[Katrina71]

I agree dead tissue. Remove what you can. Drop in some carbon after serious water changes. I wouldn't write off the leather.

 

[Aslam Kavde]

Thanks for the advice folks, much appreciated.
I've binned it, doing a total water change of the qt

 

[Katrina71]

Don't trash it!

 

[Aslam Kavde]

Oh no, too late!

 

[reef lover]

Just for future note, they can regenerate a new coral from the smallest sliver of flesh. I wont even throw out lps skeleton if they die...alot of times they come back.

 

[Aslam Kavde]

That's good to know, thanks

 

[vetteguy53081]

When dead, they melt away and as mentioned, a Pinky size can turn into a 12" Umbrella !!

 

[MT_is_a_Pisces]

Just for future note, they can regenerate a new coral from the smallest sliver of flesh. I wont even throw out lps skeleton if they die...alot of times they come back.

Does that go for all corals, or just Softies and LPS?