HARD TIME KEEPING LEATHERS :(

[vetteguy53081]

Leathers can be picky and do best in moderate lighting and flow. Reduce whites a little bit and verify salinity as they seldom thrive well in salinity below 1024.
Try squirting at the mushroom with turkey baster and direct water flow towards them, not directly at them.
What are your other parameters?

 

[Katrina71]

People will probably kill me for this but I believe that using dry/liferock will slow down the maturation of a tank. While these rocks will certainly develop the beneficial bacteria needed for the ammonia cycle they do not introduce all the critters our ecosystems (IMO) need such as varieties of pods, sponges, algaes, worms, cuc critters, tunicates, and bacteria strains from the ocean. I think all these critters help in creating a natural balance in the tank.

If the leathers are not taking give it another couple of months for the tank to mature and try again. Good luck!

+1

 

[motortrendz]

Leathers can be picky and do best in moderate lighting and flow. Reduce whites a little bit and verify salinity as they seldom thrive well in salinity below 1024.
Try squirting at the mushroom with turkey baster and direct water flow towards them, not directly at them.
What are your other parameters?

I was gonna say just about all this as well, other than the salinity part. I have a full mixed reef, leathers to acros and of course a few torches. So balance is the key on my part, my toadstools love light and flow. But not too much. So mud was up and out fo direct flow but enough you can see the polyps sway.. (Someone used this analogy the other day and I love it bc it's so fitting) like wheat in a field on a breezy day.. my sinulara are more of a lower flow out of direct light ...

But as said above use a Turkey baster and blow off the cap and bodies. When they dont open for a few days they can get an algae film over them which will not allow them to open up. I have to do that once in a while even in my tank.

 

[Katrina71]

I have several leathers. I find the cabbage sheds the most. I do use a turkey baster to replicate what happens in the ocean to help him shed.

 

[mta_morrow]

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Right I’m very new to this, still learning as I go! It’s hard to decipher what’s correct and what’s not

FWIW, nitrates 12-16, PO4-.06-.12. All corals happy for a long time, especially leathers. Moderate flow, lighting is 180-200 par

 

[Katrina71]

My nitrates are 10. I think they may thrive in "dirtier" water.

 

[vetteguy53081]

My nitrates are 10. I think they may thrive in "dirtier" water.

In general dirty water is acceptable for many leather, kenyii and xenia UNTIL you get to the mixed reef whereas conditions change and You have balance it with SPS and those numbers have to more optimum especially with leather that releases toxins

 

[Katrina71]

In general dirty water is acceptable for many leather, kenyii and xenia UNTIL you get to the mixed reef whereas conditions change and You have balance it with SPS and those numbers have to more optimum especially with leather that releases toxins

I'm sure you are correct. My son's tank is mixed and his nitrates are the same. So far, no issues. I'm actually interested in how that will play out.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I'm sure you are correct. My son's tank is mixed and his nitrates are the same. So far, no issues. I'm actually interested in how that will play out.

Have him run ChemiPure Blue and he may never encounter this

 

[Katrina71]

Have him run ChemiPure Blue and he may never encounter this

We do. :)

 

[mta_morrow]

So for my reactor experiment where I converted it to be a scrubber, yesterday was day 50 after starting it up with a few smudges of GHA. Can’t believe how fast it grew! Cleaned it all out and put it back in the sump!

 

[ReefHomieJon]

Hey man don’t feel bad, if you can keep the nicer corals don’t stress on leathers. They kind of suck lol

 

[Jakelester97]

I always try to think of leathers as emo teenagers. They are much easier to understand that way. :)

Well In that case, how long can they stay ticked off without dying lol

 

[Jakelester97]

Hey man don’t feel bad, if you can keep the nicer corals don’t stress on leathers. They kind of suck lol

That’s why it’s so frustrating I just Want a nice toadstool in my tank but thanks man

 

[Jakelester97]

Well In that case, how long can they stay ****** off without dying lol

Appearently you can’t say “pis-sed” sorry

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Appearently you can’t say “pis-sed” sorry

Yeah, G rated. :). I figured what you meant. And to answer, a very long time if they choose.