I Think My Leather Coral Is Sick

[svirid]

Hi guys,

I think something is wrong with my coral, on a picture you can see that it looks like
trunk is broken a little now and something is trying to grow on it and it looks like suffocation of the coral.
Can u please let me know if anybody knows whats happening?

http/www.website4realty.com/temp/coral.jpg
http/www.website4realty.com/temp/coral2.jpg

Thank you

 

[Lynden]

Looks like shedding to me. Will probably cast of some slime in a few days and open bigger and nicer than ever.

 

[svirid]

Looks like shedding to me. Will probably cast of some slime in a few days and open bigger and nicer than ever.

Hope so, but that thing on the second pic looks like a rope aroung a neck of the coral. It looks like its killing it

 

[steelhealr]

Corals don't 'strangulate'..they are photosynthetic. Giving us some tank params may help. SH

 

[jeasko]

Have to agree with lynden looks very much like a shed of the leather that hasnt fully removed itself from the coral, whats the flow rate like where the leather is?

 

[chrissaysyes]

They dont strangulate but that can suffocate if they dont shed that muck off in time. Make sure there is sufficient flow around the leather.

 

[Lynden]

The amount of flow needed by these things is usually overestimated. When they want that slime off, it's coming off. No worries.

 

[svirid]

Corals don't 'strangulate'..they are photosynthetic. Giving us some tank params may help. SH

I tested:

temp: 80F
salinity: 1.025
nitirte/nitrate/ammonia/phosphate: 0
pH: 8.4

I have 28 gal, 2 maxijets 1200 they are in different corners pointed to the front wall of the tank.
Coral is right in the center between them and in the center of the tank, I am not sure how much flow they need.
Do I have to point one of the pumps straight to the coral? How do I find out if flow is enough?
Maybe I can move it to another place?

 

[svirid]

Yes! I think its getting better now. It looks like its molting

 

[chrissaysyes]

Pics if you can, I'd be interested to see what that looks like.