Why is my Devils hand coral closed(all other corals are fine)

[ReefKeeper666]

I have had a devils hand Leather coral in my tank For almost a month now. From the day I brought him home until yesterday it was always fine. This morning it was like 2/3rds closed and only a few polyps out. Now it’s still like 2/3 closed and no polyps out. I haven’t changed any light settings or moved any wave makers. I’m about 4 days out from when I do my monthly water change. All the other corals in my tank are open and healthy looking. I also have a toadstool leather Coral in the tank that’s nice and open with all polyps extended....

salinty 1.025
ph 8.0
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 10

 

[WIReefer]

Leathers can be weird I wouldn’t worry about it what’s your PO4 reading?

 

[Payne Train]

It could be getting ready to molt. Mine acts weird all the time. Sometimes it will look like a chewed up piece of bubblegum and the next day it will be fluffy and beautiful

 

[sfin52]

I have had a devils hand Leather coral in my tank For almost a month now. From the day I brought him home until yesterday it was always fine. This morning it was like 2/3rds closed and only a few polyps out. Now it’s still like 2/3 closed and no polyps out. I haven’t changed any light settings or moved any wave makers. I’m about 4 days out from when I do my monthly water change. All the other corals in my tank are open and healthy looking. I also have a toadstool leather Coral in the tank that’s nice and open with all polyps extended....

salinty 1.025
ph 8.0
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 10

Pic but if it looks all shiny it will soon shed

 

[ReefKeeper666]

It could be getting ready to molt. Mine acts weird all the time. Sometimes it will look like a chewed up piece of bubblegum and the next day it will be fluffy and beautiful

good to know.

 

[KrisReef]

I have another coral that almost never has polyps out but it continues to grow. I think mine wants a water change but the rest of the tank is growing nicely so I'm not going to make any sudden changes just yet.

 

[ReefKeeper666]

Leathers can be weird I wouldn’t worry about it what’s your PO4 reading?

Do you mean phosphates?
.50

 

[ReefKeeper666]

Its

Pic but if it looks all shiny it will soon shed

bare body does look like its smooth and shiny

 

[WIReefer]

Do you mean phosphates?
.50

Yeah phosphates, maybe get that down a bit.

 

[ReefKeeper666]

Yeah phosphates, maybe get that down a bit.

How can I do that?

 

[WIReefer]

How can I do that?

Water changes will do for the time being, also running gfo can help as well.

 

[ReefKeeper666]

What is gfo?

 

[ReefKeeper666]

It could be getting ready to molt. Mine acts weird all the time. Sometimes it will look like a chewed up piece of bubblegum and the next day it will be fluffy and beautiful

Ok say day 2 he’s pretty much all the way open but no polyps. Is it molting or just being tempremental?

 

[ReefKeeper666]

Also I just took a really close look at the coral ad there are these shiny spots around its edges

 

[KingTideCorals]

IMO most likely shedding... Softies are my game, theyre extremely tolerant to parameter changes.. and at times theyll go dormant and begin the shedding process, my long polyp has been closed for 4 days, jsut today started poking polyps out again. I dont worry much!

 

[Glass Algae]

It's about to shed. After it starts give it a turkey baste help along and make sure it's in moderate flow. When it reinflates it'll be double the size. Mine just did it.

 

[ReefKeeper666]

It's about to shed. After it starts give it a turkey baste help along and make sure it's in moderate flow. When it reinflates it'll be double the size. Mine just did it.

It’s currently in high flow as all the reading I did said the leathers like light and high flow. Should I slow down the wave maker near it or what?

 

[Glass Algae]

It’s currently in high flow as all the reading I did said the leathers like light and high flow. Should I slow down the wave maker near it or what?

No you're good!
My sinularia loves high flow high light my devils hand likes moderate. When I first got then they were switched and the devils hand didn't seem to care either way. The sinularia Def reacted better to high flow though.

It took about a day for it to shed and another day for it to re inflate but when it did I could've sworn in doubled!

I honestly thought it was dying at first. Got all small and shriveled I could've sworn It was discolored. It never even got shiny!

Then one day I saw the shed coming off and that was that!

Out of curiosity can I see a Pic of yours!?

 

[ReefKeeper666]

It closed up in just the past few minutes. But yesterday it did the same thing where it closed more in the afternoon.

 

[Glass Algae]

It closed up in just the past few minutes. But yesterday it did the same thing where it closed more in the afternoon.

Yeha it's doing what mine did. Mine just closed during lights out and got tight. Then in the lights it would half upen but no polyps.

I'm sure you'll be good!