Young's leather coral?

[Clearblue303]

I've seen at lfs a coral with this name.It's supposed to be relatively easy to care.
Can someone give me some wider info about this,please?
Thanks.FM

 

[rayjay]

Around here, we have a leather just sold as "young" coral. I haven't been able to get a proper name for it to date.
This coral doesn't ship well and is known to "dissolve" quite fast a short time after purchase. Unlike most leathers I've experienced, this one grows quite slow.
For a picture of mine, click the link and see the bottom two pictures on the page.
Young Coral

 

[davelin315]

If it's what's on rayjay's page, I have one. It is very easy to care for, and it looks to be a member of the sinularia or colt family. It is fairly compact, and does not grow very quickly. It does not extend a lot, and doesn't seem to need much light or current. Mine is at the bottom of my tank and is doing well, although it doesn't seem to grow at all. It extends it's polyps most of the time, but is quick to shrivel up into nothing if it is disturbed. Other than that, it's fairly boring. I haven't tried to propagate it or anything, but it is a nice piece.

 

[sillingw]

mine is also at the bottom of the tank, When I first got it, it was in very low current and didn't do well, it was leaning over most of the time, the polyps were not coming out and it certainly wasn't growing, so I moved it to a place with a little more current and since then, it's very healthy, fairly fast growing and extended all the time. I also haven't tried propogating, but it's certainly big enough to do so.

 

[Anonymous]

I'd be interested in finding out how to frag it.

Glenn

 

[Clearblue303]

Thanks guys!
Yes,is the one on the pic.
Also is behaving according as you said :after 2 days is still down,looks like an unshaved guy,but being in full light,mostly the lower part comes out.(this means -too much light).
Yesterday I've seen it literally moving,lifting up the arms(but not opening).Now is down.
I'll move it now and hope to see it OK.

My tank is a mini reef(20G).
I'm having problems with introducing new corals.
I have an umrella leather,bouble C. shrooms and br.zooanthids that are doing fine.(5.3w/g fluorescent light)
I've bought gsp(3 weeks) and the Y Leath(3 days).The gsp didn't open for 3-rd week.I'll see the yl soon should be OK.
Now I did a 25% w/ch and I'm skimming non stop.
Since all the old stuff was fine,I didn't skimm and I've just topped up.That worked well.
At lfs the same gsp as mine is doing fine.
Is it OK to stay closed for so long?
Is true,the br.zo. took more than 3 weeks to open.
Thanks.FM

 

[dbman]

My GSP and my leathers have seemingly for no reason completely closed up at random times, sometimes for 3 weeks or more. Then they come back fine. I've never understood, but I imagine it must be natural; pehaps part of a growth cycle or something.

 

[Clearblue303]

That calms me a bit.If others have the same problems,means my stuff will probably be OK.