white leather coral turning brown

[dryDiver]

hi everyone, anyone knows the reason for white leather coral turn brown?

Do they need alot of light?

[Eniram]

I think your white leather was bleached and now its getting back its zooxanthella. Moderate light is all they need

[Terryz_]

There is nothing wrong with a bleached white leather to turn to brown...

White is a bleached coral, Brown is the normal color...

It is a good sign that it is turning brown..

[Eniram]

i 2nd that, talking about leather, terry you still want a frag of the neon green leather that you pm long time ago on Fuel's thread

[dryDiver]

i 2nd that, talking about leather, terry you still want a frag of the neon green leather that you pm long time ago on Fuel's thread

wow is there such a thing as a neon green leather coral? Anyone

got spare pls PM me )

[dryDiver]

Don't seem ethical to bleach n sell. I bought a batch of mushrooms

recently, what seems like luminous light green, then changed to

brown n now green.

What else will they try??????

[Terryz_]

It is not actually they did it purposely.. Sometimes, it is becos the coral are collected bleached and some are just left in the tank with poor lighting untill they bleached..

Green Neon Leather is very rare and quite nice looking...

[Eniram]

Its not the LFS fault, its the supplier from overseas. They will at times bleach anemones, gonopora, mushrooms and other corals that can be bleached to give it a more exotic appearance.

Also do watch out for dyed corals especially anemones

[dryDiver]

It would be interesting to try bleaching our own zoa n mushrooms.

But.....anyone tried?

[fatbike]

oooooo, bleach zoas, me experimenting them in diff tank(normal & cheap zoas)

hmmm, mostly turns out to b either slightly transparent, some become skinny n tall or smaller polyps

cos used diff lighting n nutrient,

actually too lazy to decom small tank so throw in some comon zoas to c how

[dryDiver]

oooooo, bleach zoas, me experimenting them in diff tank(normal & cheap zoas)

hmmm, mostly turns out to b either slightly transparent, some become skinny n tall or smaller polyps

cos used diff lighting n nutrient,

actually too lazy to decom small tank so throw in some comon zoas to c how

Sounds exciting. With the blue light on it should show some

psychedelic colors. So how long did u leave them in low light?

Can they get back normal color once u give them normal light?

Now u got something exciting going, don't have to decom hehe!!

[fatbike]

haha, they bin in my torture bout a month le,oni got a tube of t5(blue) bout 3-4hrs, wun die but livivg in pain

den din give it much care, still alive but tink really gotta decom dat tank le

[dryDiver]

some updates: the importers of these white leather corals says the color is natural. some come as part brown n part white, n some are white. he has 2 white pieces in his show tank that are completely white n has been there for 2 months.

so........tempted to buy a white one but couldnt find any.......

[yikai]

there's no such thing as a white leather to my knowledge. white polyps yes but definitely not the whole coral white.

those are bleached.