Is there something on my leather?

[Hebrewhammer]

My leather has been slumped over like this shortly after getting it and it's been about 3 months. Wondering if perhaps I have a pest bothering my leather.

I know people always ask for parameters

0 ammonia
0 nitrite
10 nitrate
33.5 salinity (I am trying to raise it up)

 

[ryanjohn1]

Toad stool?

 

[Hebrewhammer]

Toad stool?

Yes. The devil's hand was shriveled for a few months with no polyps extended and now they are coming out so I am hopeful. I have zoa's doing fantastic as well as a photosynthetic gorgonian doing well.

 

[ryanjohn1]

Where do you have it as far as light and flow?

 

[Soren]

@Hebrewhammer My first guess would be that you could try increasing the flow around it. If toadstools have too little flow, they will stay slumped and eventually die, in my experiences with a few small ones.
I also lost a nice 3" one from my original 75g FOWLR a couple years ago during a tank transition as I kept it in a bucket with no flow for too long.

 

[Hebrewhammer]

Where do you have it as far as light and flow?

It is near the top of my tank rockwork. Top right corner. The flow is not direct but over it.

 

[Soren]

It is near the top of my tank rockwork. Top right corner. The flow is not direct but over it.

Looking at your picture, I'm fairly sure it would appreciate more flow.

 

[ryanjohn1]

More flow maybe. I’ve got a few

 

[Hebrewhammer]

Okay so I have the flow directly facing the toadstool. Im hoping for the best. I have cheap amazing pumps which I will eventually upgrade but I don't want too much flow to the point where my fish are getting blown around.

 

[Hebrewhammer]

More flow maybe. I’ve got a few

I hope to one day have leathers like that. My goal is to have the upper portion of my reef be filled with leathers.

 

[ryanjohn1]

I got like 8 of them now. They do so odd things

 

[ryanjohn1]

My experience is they do nothing really as far as growth. Then year 2 they explode

 

[Hebrewhammer]

Okay update. I was changing the flow and noticed a worm like thing flinging around. I then took a razor blade to pick it off and a chung of rock fell off and it looks like it was tied to it. I tried to pick it off but it's hardy. No clue what it is.