problem with leather

[surfn]

my tyree green polyped leather hasn't opened in probably 2 weeks. its not developing algae on the surface.

before, it never really opened that much during the day, b/c i think a fish kept messing with it.

after i saw the algae developing, i lowered it in the tank (it was too high in the light IMO).

after lowering it, the flow is a little bit lower too, but still nothing, and still algae.

its still upright and looks healthy though. any suggestions?

 

[twon8]

leathers typically shed a layer of mucous every now and then, usually with a bit of algae on top, but 2 weeks is a bit long for that. run som carbon, do a water change, and feed your fish more. if your sps are lightened from lack of nutrients i can imagine a leather would have trouble with it

 

[surfn]

leathers typically shed a layer of mucous every now and then, usually with a bit of algae on top, but 2 weeks is a bit long for that. run som carbon, do a water change, and feed your fish more. if your sps are lightened from lack of nutrients i can imagine a leather would have trouble with it

good call on the feeding, i keep forgetting about that. already running carbon and skimming as wet as i can get it.

 

[fishes2889]

i usually only have this problem after fragging, i have to brush the algae off of it for about a week and then it comes back...

 

[cardgenius]

Mine did the same when I first put it in the tank. It was closed for over a week and started getting algae on the base. I kept the algae blown off and found it likes low flow with medium light in my tank. HTH

 

[J. Montgomery]

My leather coral did the same thing. It didn't open up for about two weeks so I removed it from the tank and placed it in my poorly-lit, 10 gallon QT tank. I didn't want it to die and foul my main tank. It ended up recovering and looks fine; I don't think shedding was involved. I don't know whats up with that thing.

 

[gflat65]

Mine did the same when I put it in and is going through it right now. It's been closed for almost two weeks now. I had a gold crown sarco that would close up for 3-4 weeks sometimes and then look great (and start dropping babies, but they were huge to begin with). The gold crown did this once a year. Tempermental...