Finger Leather Looks Bad

no1bubba · 11-05-2009, 04:14 PM

A friend gave me what I can most closly identify as a finger leather, it is a beautiful lavender color. It looks a great deal like pictures if green finger leather . A frag rack fell on it and now little white chuncks are breaking open all over, to include where the rack did not touch. Could this be giving off a toxin that may kill off livestock? If I can find an area where the white break outs have not appeared can I frag it. I has always been an attention getter because of its size and color. Need some help and thanks, Bubba

BigAl07 · 11-05-2009, 04:18 PM

Got any pics bubba?

BLAKEJOHN · 11-05-2009, 04:22 PM

leathers will let out a toxin when cut of injured. This can be harmfull to other corals but with normal water changes and running carbon there is nothing to worry about. Any damage done from the falling rack will heal very quickly. Leathers are surprisingly tough. Over the next few weeks the leater may look pretty bad but dont worry it will come back and probly look better then ever.

11-05-2009, 04:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
no1bubba Star Polyps Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: georgia Posts: 163 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Finger Leather Looks Bad A friend gave me what I can most closly identify as a finger leather, it is a beautiful lavender color. It looks a great deal like pictures if green finger leather . A frag rack fell on it and now little white chuncks are breaking open all over, to include where the rack did not touch. Could this be giving off a toxin that may kill off livestock? If I can find an area where the white break outs have not appeared can I frag it. I has always been an attention getter because of its size and color. Need some help and thanks, Bubba

11-05-2009, 04:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Finger Leather Looks Bad Got any pics bubba? __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

11-05-2009, 04:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
BLAKEJOHN Elegance coral Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: KINGSTON, I.L. Posts: 1,073 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Finger Leather Looks Bad leathers will let out a toxin when cut of injured. This can be harmfull to other corals but with normal water changes and running carbon there is nothing to worry about. Any damage done from the falling rack will heal very quickly. Leathers are surprisingly tough. Over the next few weeks the leater may look pretty bad but dont worry it will come back and probly look better then ever. __________________ 110 gallon acrylic 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Blue Tang, 2 Eng Gobies, 1 Six Line Wrasse, 1 Tomato Clown, 1 Lion fish RBTA, Longspine Urchin, Approx. 200 snails Red Monti, Purple Rim Monti, Leathers, Elegence, Yellow Polyps, various Zoa's, FrogSpawn, Ricordias, Greenbirdsnest, Pink Milli, Blue Milli, Bonzai, unknown Acropora's, Purple Digi, GSP, Bubble Coral, Staghorn, Slimer

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