Is this Coral doing okay?

brassell · Dec 26, 2024

Hello, I was hoping someone could identify this coral for me and let me know if it appears to be doing okay? I got this coral about 11 days ago, as I was looking for a coral that liked high flow and high light. My LFS had an employee that recommended this “leather” coral. (He definitely told me the exact name but I have completely forgotten). It seemed to be doing fine and moved around the life rock a bit after a couple days. On Monday I noticed it was excreting a bunch of stringy mucus, I used a turkey baster to blow a lot of it off. Today it is still excreting a bit (nowhere near the amount I saw Monday) but I also notice little discolorations of yellow on it now and am worried. Any tips and info is greatly appreciated.

KrisReef · Dec 26, 2024

I think it's a sarchophyton ( and that's probably spelt wrong?)

Leather coral, it's ok, they shed now and again. If it gets happy it may extend polyps and look much nicer, imo.

brassell · Dec 31, 2024

KrisReef said:
I think it's a sarchophyton ( and that's probably spelt wrong?)

Leather coral, it's ok, they shed now and again. If it gets happy it may extend polyps and look much nicer, imo.

Thank you! Since I posted this there have been further changes to this coral and I’m hoping it’s still doing okay. A few days ago it stopped releasing mucus, and yesterday it kind of slouched over and down and now has come back up and extended these polyps?(I think they’re polyps) but it also has a much darker color now. Hoping all still is well.