Will My Leather Survive?

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by Sparkfarmer

We noticed two nights ago that our Long tenticled Toadstool leather wasn't looking to good. Not too unusual for that time of night, but yesterday he did not come back to his usual self. His tenticles on one half of his top will not come out and he has taken on a greenish hue in that area. He's also toppled over. This afternoon I noticed an Aptasia was growing out from underneath the leather on the side and I think it had been stinging my coral. I had to cut the leather off of at base to get to the Aptasia out. Now I have on very unhappy leather on my hands and I am wondering, will it survive? Has anyone had experience with this before?

I cut my leather coral often. be sure to add some iodine and it will be OK.

[Sparkfarmer]

I've also had a slight red slime algae problem and I'm thinking that I may have a phosphate issue. I'll try treating with phosphaban first and then check the iodine. I'm doing regular water changes and adding trace element additives so I would think it would be ok.

[i have crabs]

dont use phosban with toadstools in your tank they have bad reactions to the aluminum, use rowaphos or some other gfo

[Sparkfarmer]

Is Seachem's "phosGuard" ok? What is a gfo?

[Navarchus]

Seachem's "phosGuard" containing aluminum.
gfo= Granular FerricOxide

but they have been steady with Alk = 8 - 10 dkh, CA @ 380 - 420 PPM, S.G. = 1.024 -1.025 and PH around 8.3.

That's not steady! Try to keep your parameters fixed.

Regarding the leather it is most probably shedding to grow larger

[Sparkfarmer]

Noted. Thanks.