Best way to remove a leather?

[DREUTZ]

What is the best way to remove a spaghetti (i think) leather from LR? Taking the rock out and breaking that piece off is out of the question because the rock holds up the whole structure. If i was to cut the leather at the base would it release toxins into the water column? The reason for removing is that it is getting very close to few other corals and I'm worried it will nuke the surrounding corals soon.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

As far as I know I don't think it would release toxins I would say just snip it with scissors.

 

[seldin]

If you snip it with scissors, try to use a razor on the part that is attached to live rock, or it will probably grow back.

 

[pecan2phat]

With the leathers, you could normally peel them off the LR that they are attached to.

 

[seldin]

With the leathers, you could normally peel them off the LR that they are attached to.

agreed, unless you want to trim them back. Then, I shape it with a scissor.

 

[DREUTZ]

Isn't there a chance of the toxins getting released into the water column when it is cut?

 

[seldin]

There are some toxins released when cutting a leather. However, it should be minor. I would not worry about it. The leather being cut will close it's polyps and may sulk for a few days, but leathers are usually very hardy.

 

[jcs11236]

just sliced a piece of my leather last week.. he opened up back fine.. everything else in tank is doing fine .. toxins didnt cause any problems.. i have a 28gal

 

[seldin]

One side note. I had a beautiful Devil's hand. Only problem, was that it kept growing and growing. I later found out, that you can just trim the leather with a scissor and rather than relocate him, I just could trim it, and it would look fine in a short time.

 

[DREUTZ]

One side note. I had a beautiful Devil's hand. Only problem, was that it kept growing and growing. I later found out, that you can just trim the leather with a scissor and rather than relocate him, I just could trim it, and it would look fine in a short time.

Trimming might be a good route to go. Thanks for the help

 

[TonyHNY]

You can post something on the marketplace and sell the frags to someone. I bought a devils's hand and some leather from someone on MR and they just trimmed it fresh.