Leather coral, is it normal?

• Jul 6, 2015

• #1

Vilmarys Soto

Reefing newb

Hi we just got this leather coral on Saturday. It opened up really nice but yesterday we saw it strange, and today it looks like this. I have read that it could be normal but we just want to make sure. Yesterday its started lookin like its sweetting. And today as soon as the light came on, it went away.

 

• Jul 6, 2015

• #2

Vilmarys Soto

Reefing newb

 

• Jul 6, 2015

• #3

fastrd400

It wasn't me!

Looks okay. Most likely just acclimating itself to new and different conditions.

 

• Jul 6, 2015

• #4

Vilmarys Soto

Reefing newb

Thank you so much, my husband its freking out about it

 

• Jul 7, 2015

• #5

M

monique

Reefing newb

leather will occasionally do this thing where they look like they have a bad skin disease, go real scummy looking and then shed the whole mess off and then look great. almost resembles shedding skin from a bad sunburn.

 

• Jul 8, 2015

• #6

Vilmarys Soto

Reefing newb

The skin looks like shiny and its like yellowish i told muy husbandany times already that its Esther shedding por aclimating and it would be like that forma about two weeks he almost had a jeart atack he is afraid its goma die

 

• Jul 8, 2015

• #7

M

monique

Reefing newb

ya, that sounds about right. almost looks waxy then it sheds. sometime takes a couple weeks. if its dying it will kind of collapse, fall apart, and when you take it out it stinks like hell.

 

• Jul 9, 2015

• #8

Vilmarys Soto

Reefing newb

Its moving and reacting to the light changes so I am OK about it

 

• Jul 9, 2015

• #9

M

monique

Reefing newb

i would say yes

 

• Jul 16, 2015

• #10

Vilmarys Soto

Reefing newb

Update, the coral its doing grate