Green Leather??? What the heck!??

DarthSimon · Feb 28, 2019

Guys,
This leather has been in my system for months, pretty much opens up nice daily..:. What is this black stuff all over it????

It looks like it’s choking it:

dbraun15 · Feb 28, 2019

Looks to be algae buildup on shedding skin. Hard to tell with light spectrum. Can you get a whiter pic?

DarthSimon · Feb 28, 2019

This just started today, was fine up until today.

dbraun15 · Feb 28, 2019

Reach in and see if it rubs off. Pretty sure it’s just algae buildup.

DarthSimon · Feb 28, 2019

I tried to scrape it a little bit with the tip of syringe and nothing really came off. The black stuff feels like it’s encrusted...

DangerDave · Mar 3, 2019

#reefsquad maybe they can help!

PDR · Mar 3, 2019

I think I remember reading that when these turn black it is some type of bacterial issue. I think dipping and/or fragging is usually recommended.

tupes · Mar 4, 2019

Try using a soft toothbrush, preferably not you own. Haha. And see if it will come off. Does it still open and look healthy? Black stuff on the tissue isnt good.

What are ALL of your water parameters?

Katrina71 · Mar 4, 2019

I hate to say this, but...I would try to frag it and save the healthy part.

DarthSimon · Mar 4, 2019

The black stuff on coral got worse yesterday:

It started spreading....

This is sad:

So I managed to get a piece off and it’s resting in my frag tank:

tupes · Mar 4, 2019

That's exactly what I wouldve done. I lost a huge colony of green nepthia also to the same thing. And it really smells when out of the water only to make me think its some sort of bacteria infection.