Green Leather need more info

[LeslieS]

Hi Everyone,

I picked this guy up from Ronen on Sunday. I am hoping to get more info than "green leather". He has not polyped yet, so I am hoping to understand if he needs lots of flow and light like a fiji yellow or lower flow and light like my other leathers.

It doesn't look like any of the leathers in my coral ID book.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Leathers are the oceans biggest pouters, they get grumpy and pout if a pod crosses them wrong, get it some med flow and start it off low in the tank it should be happy after a few days.

 

[DEEPWATER]

Leathers are the oceans biggest pouters, they get grumpy and pout if a pod crosses them wrong, get it some med flow and start it off low in the tank it should be happy after a few days.

you took the words righ tout of my keyboard :sgrin:

LMK how it truns out ,how is the yellow leather doing ?:scratchch

 

[LeslieS]

the yellow is fabulous - all polyps out. I love them both so I am going to be a nervous nelly until green gets his act together!

 

[jhale]

what's his name?

 

[LeslieS]

I don't know yet. I have to get to know him better first.

 

[DonCisco]

Leslie... you shouldn't be a nervous Nelly when it comes to leathers, look at the advice of Chief.. and becomea practical patty, and an optimistic olga. Gorgeous color by the way... I hope Fiona the green leather stops behaving like a princess. (shameless attempt to name the leather)

 

[LeslieS]

Uh OH, the black dots are turning into black patches. What should I do?

 

[DevIouS]

What kind of leather is that?

 

[LeslieS]

I have no idea. I just got it from Deepwater on Sunday. I couldn't find a picture in my coral reference book and google gave me nothing useful under green leather coral except for neon toadstools.

The closest in shape is cladiella - but this is not "slippery like a bar of soap" nor is it white when disturbed. I do not know what color the polyps are as they have not come out yet.

It is also shaped a little like encrusting sinularia but green was not given as a color option.

 

[DevIouS]

Yea...
I'm usually know my leathers.
Never saw a green one like that, which wasn't dyed.

Definitely not ToadStool or Sinularia.

 

[joseney21]

maybe a nepthea?

 

[lfsmarineguy]

going to say it looks a lot like a Lobophytum species.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Nepthea looks more like a sinularia or a skinny long branched colt coral.

 

[LeslieS]

OK, 2 questions...

How do I know if it is dyed? I checked my yellow fiji that came in the same lot and it has white patches on the underside and chalky yellow spots near the base. Is this normal?

What do I do about the black spots? They are not on the yellow fiji which is polyping nicely.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

if a coral is dyed you will see it in the skimmate. As for the patches you can try a an iodine dip or other coral dip to try and disinfect it. Could be bacteria or a fungal infection brought on by the stress of shipping.

 

[LeslieS]

The skimmate looks like skimmate and there was no color in the shipping water.

Any chance the black patches will go away on their own? I have a no hands in tank policy going.

 

[DevIouS]

You will not always notice it in skimate.

 

[DEEPWATER]

I would try to cut off the black spots and dip in lugols .low light ,med flow for now. LMK how it turns out

Ronen

 

[LeslieS]

OK, I had to take out the rock (remember I glued everything FIRMLY so Brutus couldn't move it.) to cut off the black spots. I did not have any lugols, but I left in a bowl with a heavy dose of both melafix and pimafix which are supposed to kill both fugi and bacteria. The water in the bowl turned green so there is a very good chance that this coral is dyed.

I put him at low light and med. flow.