My new leather splitting after 2 days?

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I just got this nice sinularia leather 2 days ago. This is only my 4th coral purchase and first leather. The colony consists of 2 large thick trunks and 3 smaller ones and a handful of tiny baby new branches coming off the base. Yesterday morning the two large branches were drooping. Today they have straightened back up but now all the branches are separating from each other. The second largest completly separated from the main and is only connected still by one of the smaller branches that is still connected to the main but by a small amount of surface. Is this a healthy split or one I should be worried about?
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Dropping branches is one way they propagate.
Yeah I read that but I was a bit worried about it. I also sent the pics to my LFS that I got it from Elite Reef in Denver. They just replied that they are not happy with my placement and that I should move them. But thats all he said. Currently they are in the bottom of my tank close to the center. I have 2 Jaebo Gyre pumps connected to each other running at 50% on the two ends of the tank. Anyone have any good recommendations on where?
 
Yeah I read that but I was a bit worried about it. I also sent the pics to my LFS that I got it from Elite Reef in Denver. They just replied that they are not happy with my placement and that I should move them. But thats all he said. Currently they are in the bottom of my tank close to the center. I have 2 Jaebo Gyre pumps connected to each other running at 50% on the two ends of the tank. Anyone have any good recommendations on where?

I only have toadstools. They react favorably to light and flow. Just rubberband the fragments to a rock. Then move the rock around until they look happy. Wait several days before you do, though. Otherwise, they won't get a chance to acclimate and show you how they feel.
 

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