Leathers Dying

[nanoreef11]

I had a power outage over the weekend because we have been in the triple digits here. I had a lot of things die on me and I know that ammonia was very high. Right when I got home to notice things were dead I quickly did a 4 gallon water change on my 14 gallon biocube. Last night the leathers have started to disintegrate and I'm wondering if it is best to take them out and throw them away or leave them in and give them a chance.

 

[littleme1969]

Dying corals release toxins into the water which will kill other corals so best take them out.

 

[SkiFletch]

Dying corals release toxins into the water which will kill other corals so best take them out.

Agreed, especially leathers. Run LOTS of carbon.

 

[nanoreef11]

Last night I pulled them off the rocks and the slime coat was the only thing holding them together and half of the leathers were released into the water. I'm going to get a bag of chemipure from my work on thursday or friday. Is there a better brand of carbon or is chemipure pretty good?

 

[SkiFletch]

Last night I pulled them off the rocks and the slime coat was the only thing holding them together and half of the leathers were released into the water. I'm going to get a bag of chemipure from my work on thursday or friday. Is there a better brand of carbon or is chemipure pretty good?

At this point, any carbon would be better than none

 

[Colin_T]

If you get an ammonia reading in a marine tank you want to do a big water change to dilute it. A 25% water change does very little to lower the readings. You are better off doing a 75-90% water change to dilute it. Quite often if you do a big water change the corals will survive but if you only do a small water change and the ammonia levels don't go away immediately, the corals die and make the problem worse.

 

[chris348]

I read somewhere that Leathers are prone to "sulking" whilst molting. One suggestion was to "lightly brush with a childs toothbrush" Removing some of the loose skin?