Toad Stool Stalk Rot??? Prognosis??

[cheddardan]

Hi All,

I recently picked up what looked like a perfectly healthy leather Coral, however, this morning when the lights came on I noticed some damage to it's stalk. I was in a hurry when I picked it up and, admittedly, didn't inspect the specimen as well as I should have before purchase.

With that said, I usually buy the corals that they have written off as dead, and rejuvenate them back to health in my tank with 100% success so far, so my tank is healthy.

Is this a bacteria? Some type of "rot" common to this species? Or is this just some kind of irritation from rubbing on a rock? Any ideas on what I should do with this guy to help it recover?

Sending it back to the store really isn't
option...

Thanks in advance,

Dan

P.S. Trying to figure out how to attach pictures.....