Leather coral dying!??

[lukeholmes01]

Hello!
I just got my leather coral on Monday, and ever since then he has not been able to keep himself up, and he looks like his skin is peeling?! Anyways, I’ve been doing daily testing and all the water parameters are good and stable.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

is there enough flow? Leathers will droop if not enough flow.
Skin peeling is ok, leathers shed occassionally.

 

[piranhaman00]

Mine droop sometimes, normal

 

[Lavey29]

My finger leather completely droops over at night.

 

[Lavey29]

How old is the tank? Is that rock up against the side glass of the tank? If so, how will you clean your glass every few days?

 

[lukeholmes01]

How old is the tank? Is that rock up against the side glass of the tank? If so, how will you clean your glass every few days?

It is not propped against the glass! The tank is about 3 months old, and all other coral is doing good.

 

[lukeholmes01]

is there enough flow? Leathers will droop if not enough flow.
Skin peeling is ok, leathers shed occassionally.

I adjusted the flow, and now I’ll see if that works. Thanks!

 

[Lavey29]

It is not propped against the glass! The tank is about 3 months old, and all other coral is doing good.

Is that a sinalaria? I have one in my tank. I had to use rock rubble around the base for 3 weeks to support it upright before it attached itself to the rock and I could remove the support.

 

[lukeholmes01]

Is that a sinalaria? I have one in my tank. I had to use rock rubble around the base for 3 weeks to support it upright before it attached itself to the rock and I could remove the support.

Yes, should I do that until I can support it’s self?

 

[Lavey29]

Yes, should I do that until I can support it’s self?

Mine wasn't attached to a plug or anything but leathers have this foot kind of base that they attach to rocks kind of like what an anemone does but not the same type of foot. If you can get it vertical and put some rock rubble around it to keep it that way it should attach itself after 3 weeks. You can see mine bottom middle right attached.