Is my leather gonna have a baby?

[KaitieLady]

Hello helpful people, quick question. Our leather has been growing like crazy and I noticed it had this lump growing on it. It seems happy and healthy but now the lump has little tentacles. I’m thinking maybe a new baby? Although I was under the impression that leathers will split with a hole or fissure. Any help or answers welcome! Il

 

[vetteguy53081]

Leathers don’t necessarily have babies but Will shed and drop a fragment which attaches and re-grows
Once in ca a while, s new shoot will emerge

 

[KaitieLady]

Leathers don’t necessarily have babies but Will shed and drop a fragment which attaches and re-grows
Once in ca a while, s new shoot will emerge

You think this is a little leather shoot?

 

[vetteguy53081]

You think this is a little leather shoot?

May very well be. They grow quick enough

 

[James M]

Looks like a baby to me

 

[Marten]

Well congratulations, you got yourself a baby leather coral! Leathers can reproduce by budding which is usually slower than fragging them.

 

[KaitieLady]

Well congratulations, you got yourself a baby leather coral! Leathers can reproduce by budding which is usually slower than fragging them.

Gonna be leather grandparents!

 

[Spare time]

Gonna be leather grandparents!

More like your child made their own identical twin lol

 

[KaitieLady]

More like your child made their own identical twin lol

True this, excited to watch it grow. Although this leather is in our fluval evo 13.5 so we may need to move it to our 40 gal breeder cuz it already is a show stopper in our nano

 

[KaitieLady]

Hello reefers! Update!

Update! We had babies

 

[KaitieLady]

Question fellow reefers, we are wanting to transfer the baby leathers from our small tank Into our 40 gal breeder to begin growing. Our clowns live in the big leather and are staying in our fluval. Any tips on how to detach the shoots successfully from the larger main stalk so we can put them in our 40 gal? TIA

 

[KaitieLady]

Well congratulations, you got yourself a baby leather coral! Leathers can reproduce by budding which is usually slower than fragging them.

Any tips for how to detach the babies from the new stalk? I have an updated picture below.

 

[James M]

Question fellow reefers, we are wanting to transfer the baby leathers from our small tank Into our 40 gal breeder to begin growing. Our clowns live in the big leather and are staying in our fluval. Any tips on how to detach the shoots successfully from the larger main stalk so we can put them in our 40 gal? TIA

Cut them off at the base. I like to use fragging scissors as it leaves a cleaner cut

 

[Mywifeisgunnakillme]

Hello reefers! Update!

Update! We had babies

Looks like a toddler! lol

 

[KaitieLady]

Cut them off at the base. I like to use fragging scissors as it leaves a cleaner cut

Perfect, then just put them on the rocks and hope for the best?

 

[James M]

Perfect, then just put them on the rocks and hope for the best?

You can rubber band the base to a frag plug or rubble rock and then from there you can place it on the rock work

 

[Mywifeisgunnakillme]

Perfect, then just put them on the rocks and hope for the best?

Little frag cages work really well for this.

 

[MaxTremors]

Perfect, then just put them on the rocks and hope for the best?

If you can’t get part of the rock that they’re attached too with a little chisel or bone shears, you can just cut them off as close to the base as possible. If you go that route, getting them to attach can be a pain. There are several methods. You can put a toothpick through the bottom of the leather (like a piercing) and then use a rubberband attached to the ends of the toothpick to hold it onto a frag plug. You can put it a cup with some rubble or sand for a couple weeks and once some of the substrate sticks to it, you can then glue it to a frag plug (the glue won’t stick to the leather but will stick to the sand/rubble attached to the leather). You can wedge the pieces between rocks in your scape, this may be difficult with really small pieces. The idea is to basically get it to attach to something small so that you can then glue onto your rockwork.