Ok leather question

combiemaster · 05-12-2006, 11:55 PM

I was around the LA area and found this nice LFS and they had a 50% of sale i walked in an saw something called a leather. It had something that looks like finger polyps. The guys told me all it needs is calcium but did not look very convincing. Is there anything else it needs like iron or calcium. Would Purple Up be a enough supplment??? ill take some pics and post them. So far my metalic star polyps i have had for 2 and a half months are doing great and i really dont put anything in for them but this is a leather so any tips for these???

dobejazz · 05-12-2006, 11:57 PM

Do you have a picture of it? I'm not sure that leathers being a soft coral require more calcium than water changes would supply

Doug1 · 05-13-2006, 12:05 AM

Your purple up stuff is prolly a calcium/magnesium supplement so it should be fine, You do use decent test kits to measure Calcium/Alkilinity/ and pH Right?

combiemaster · 05-13-2006, 12:17 AM

i have been using red sea test kits i need to go get a calcium test though. and dobejazz i will post a pic when i get home tonight. it looks like a piece of coraline that is thick and about 8 inches wide and 7 inches lenth. it kinda soft and hard.

tims · 05-13-2006, 08:54 AM

tagging along until a picture..

Doug1 · 05-13-2006, 11:03 AM

Red Sea is OK for the basic ammonia, nitrite,nitrate tests but I recommend the Salifert kits for calcium and alkilinity. I really recommend getting a refractometer and a pH monitor like a Pinpoint or similar.
pH test kits and cheap hydrometers are close enuff for a marine fish tank but you really want more accuracy when trying to keep delicate reef organisms happy and healthy