What's with my Leather?

amike5 · 09/19/2007, 11:08 AM

Does anyone know what is wrong with my green umbrella leather? It opens up fine and has been growing very well (it's about 2x the size it was about 4 months ago). The white spot on it, there is also another smaller area similar that is hidden, has slowly grown over the last couple months. It's almost like a chunk out of it. There are no polyps that extend from this area either.

amike5 · 09/19/2007, 12:43 PM

Anyone?

Travis L. Stevens · 09/19/2007, 12:52 PM

It almost looks like a chemical burn. You haven't added dry salt to the tank or knocked off any salt creep have you? What about adding chemicals?

amike5 · 09/19/2007, 12:57 PM

No. The only chemicals added are Randy's 2-part, but they get added into the fuge and disperse into the display at a slow rate.

amike5 · 09/19/2007, 06:44 PM

Anyone else have any ideas about this?

frederickk · 09/20/2007, 11:00 AM

bump

amike5 · 09/20/2007, 09:56 PM

So nobody in this hobby has ever seen something like this?

aquarius77 · 09/21/2007, 01:51 AM

Bump

vikubz · 09/21/2007, 04:33 PM

My leather gets spots like this occasionally, epecially if any detritus settles on it. When it sheds, the white spots go away. Does the white spot stay the same even after shedding?

I made sure my leather gets lots of random flow and it seems to help.

da1jewfish · 09/21/2007, 04:55 PM

they do do better with enough flow to make them move a little. don't know what the white spot is... is it discolored at all? or all white?

09/19/2007, 11:08 AM	#1
amike5 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 724	What's with my Leather? Does anyone know what is wrong with my green umbrella leather? It opens up fine and has been growing very well (it's about 2x the size it was about 4 months ago). The white spot on it, there is also another smaller area similar that is hidden, has slowly grown over the last couple months. It's almost like a chunk out of it. There are no polyps that extend from this area either.

09/19/2007, 12:52 PM	#3
Travis L. Stevens Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perry, OK Posts: 13,946	It almost looks like a chemical burn. You haven't added dry salt to the tank or knocked off any salt creep have you? What about adding chemicals? __________________ Travis Stevens Current Tank Info: Restarting 28g Bowfront

09/19/2007, 12:43 PM	#2
amike5 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 724	Anyone?

09/19/2007, 12:57 PM	#4
amike5 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 724	No. The only chemicals added are Randy's 2-part, but they get added into the fuge and disperse into the display at a slow rate.

09/19/2007, 06:44 PM	#5
amike5 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 724	Anyone else have any ideas about this?

09/20/2007, 11:00 AM	#6
frederickk Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,712	bump

09/20/2007, 09:56 PM	#7
amike5 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 724	So nobody in this hobby has ever seen something like this?

09/21/2007, 01:51 AM	#8
aquarius77 Moved On Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Highland, Il Posts: 2,198	Bump

09/21/2007, 04:33 PM	#9
vikubz Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cedar Falls, IA Posts: 599	My leather gets spots like this occasionally, epecially if any detritus settles on it. When it sheds, the white spots go away. Does the white spot stay the same even after shedding? I made sure my leather gets lots of random flow and it seems to help.

09/21/2007, 04:55 PM	#10
da1jewfish Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Palm, FL Posts: 990	they do do better with enough flow to make them move a little. don't know what the white spot is... is it discolored at all? or all white?