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Thanks! I followed the directions to a T for acclimation and placing them, so I think it'll be OK; as with everything in the hobby just need to be patient.Best of luck with the berghias. I went with 16 for my 6ft 125 that has hundreds of baby aips everywhere. Took about 5 weeks before i noticed a large decline in numbers. Dont sweat not seein them. Theyre prolly fine.
Leathers are robust and survive just about everything that would kill other species of coral. I have gone a week with a leather/softie looking like that only to have it come back stronger and bigger. Give it some time.
Also, a simple fresh bag of carbon is a great way to try to possibly remove any unwanted nasties from the water column, including toxins that leathers are known to release under stress.
Just a few ideas. Hope the new cuc keeps things cleaner for ya too.
Cheers
I've been reading the same about leathers, and honestly that's why I picked it as one of my first "big" corals in the first place. Being so robust I try not to worry about things like this, but it's hard not to. I don't have carbon bags, but I do have filter paper embedded with carbon - I'll probably put a sheet between the sump sections or the like to try and grab nasties, as well. Thankfully, the leather shouldn't go nuclear like a nem, at least, so that's a plus.
The cleaners arrived yesterday, as well. I got them acclimated and inside, and they almost immediately started going to town. Like the aiptasia, likely be a couple weeks at least, but glad to see they're all mostly alive at least .