[Craig]

A few weeks ago at my LFS I saw a blue-ish leather that I regretted not buying. I popped my head into the store today and was in shock. Their reef tank looked like complete $h!t. The water was foggy and every coral had been knocked over. The blue leather was squished into a little ball in the corner.

I remembered how great it looked a month ago and decided to get it. My smooth talking fiancee got the manager down to $10. He tried to talk us out of it stating that it was about to die, but he eventually caved in.

I put it into a 2.5 gallon all-glass tank and did a drip acclimation for hours (with a bubble stone running) until all of the fish store water was gone.

I've now got the leather in my tank but it's a bit curled up and the color is toned down.

What should be done to revive it? SHould I put it high or low? Lots of flow or minimal flow? Did I make a major mistake or is this something that some of you have managed to pull off?

[marrone]

Put it low and not a lot of flow and then just leave it alone. It should reopen in time but just watch to make sure it doesn't start to go. Leather are tough corals.

[Craig]

Thanks for the tip. I've dropped it down to the bottom of the tank.

Here's a pic from 5 minutes ago. I'll post an update in a few months

[reefman]

i've revive leather from the worst possible conditions. as long as your water is good (good enough for lps to thrive), just provide gentle flow at first n gradually increase to med flow with low to med lighting. if it's still in solid form, it will expand again. extra dose of iodine will help.

	LPS Large Polyped Stony corals – In the aquarium hobby this is a common division of the species of stony corals based upon the visual assessment of the size of the polyps. Corals in this category were among the first stony corals to be kept successfully in captivity and include many very beautiful species. Commonly kept Genera include Euphyllia (hammer/frogspawn coral), Favia (brain coral), Plerogyra (bubble coral), Lobophyllia (meat/tooth coral), and Caulastrea (candycane coral). LPS corals also include the popular solitary non-colonial stony corals such as Fungia (plate coral), Cynarina (button coral), Trachyphyllia (open brain coral), and Herpolitha (tongue coral). Like their SPS counterparts, LPS corals require good water quality, intense lighting of the appropriate spectrum, adequate water movement and regular supplementation of calcium.

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I found that if you tease the leather a bit by blowing the surface with a powerhead then let it sit at a low flow but high light area would help it to open up.

When you blow it, it does not look there is any slim on it. Then when you wake up next morning you will see some slim skin peeling off. Soon you will see the buds coming out.

Also I can clearly see that there are goose bumps in your leather and that means it wanna come out when your water is right.

[Chiefmcfuz]

You could also dose some Iodine for the leather. About half the recommended dosage.

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chiefmcfuz You could also dose some Iodine for the leather. About half the recommended dosage.

Can you elaborate on how to dose iodine-like any brand , should we administer it as a bath ......

[Chiefmcfuz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chiefmcfuz You could also dose some Iodine for the leather. About half the recommended dosage.

Wingnut it doesn't matter the brand I use kent. Read the bottle for the dosage and put half the amount in the tank with the leather.

[Craig]

I let the powerhead blow on it from a bit of a distance. It kind of looks like the outer layer of skin (?) started to blow off. I'm not sure if I did more harm than good.

Before I start pumping iodine supplements into the tank, is there a test for iodine levels? What level of iodine should be in the tank?

[Chiefmcfuz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Craig I let the powerhead blow on it from a bit of a distance. It kind of looks like the outer layer of skin (?) started to blow off. I'm not sure if I did more harm than good.

That's good don't dose anything just kep it in some of that same flow.