Sinularia stem rotting, help needed

[Sharkbait19]

One of my favorite corals is my giant sinularia leather. It’s always been high reaching and very full:

As of recent, it hasn’t been so high reaching or full:

I took a closer look, and noticed the base is brown and rough looking.

It appears to be rotting. When I ran my finger down the stalk, the bottom half is rough and crusty, very dried out. I don’t know how long it’s been like this, but it seems to be in a pretty damaged state. I know leathers are very hardy, but I wanted to ask for advice on how to get this coral back on the right track. Thanks!

 

[fishguy242]

hi,looking rt now i do not see rot,rot would be black and need to be cut out,
i think just place a rock a little higher against stalk to support.. :)

 

[HNR]

Not rotting. Leathers do weird things. It's rough to the touch because you are feeling it's sclerites.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Normal. Looks good. It might be getting ready to drop babies or shed skin. Been a long time since i had a kenya tree. Lol.
Kool.coral
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[Sharkbait19]

Thanks everyone! Maybe I’ll move it to a lower spot in the tank, where it has more support.