Thank you all for your help. I [tried] to listen to your recommendations and found that djdubdub (Tim) was selling some mushrooms. I headed over to his house and he really needed to offload all his corals and offered me a super (I think/hope!) deal to take them all. In hindsight, I should have realized that I am a beginner coral-keeper, but I didn't. So, now I'm the new owner of:
1) A whole bunch green mushrooms.
2) 4-5 pieces of recordea
3) A number of small leathers
4) A very large (7") umbrella leather.
5) Devil's hand leather
6) Bubble Coral.
7) Pipe Organ Coral
[As far as the names go, this is as best I could remember them from what Tim told me. I will be sending out 'ID Requests' in the near future!]
That's the good news. I had a lot of trouble situating all these new inhabitants within the limited 42 gallon hex tank, but I finally got everything situated and it was looking pretty good. I placed everything in the tank on Wednesday night and the corals were looking fairly lively by Friday afternoon. The buble coral still wasn't completely open, but it was opening a little more each day. The same was true with the Umbrella Leather - he was standing up a little better each day.
The bad news is that my devil's hand leather seems to have moved this weekend. Do leathers move on their own? He is attached to a small rock (~1/4-1/2 pound), but doesn't seem to have much trouble moving around the tank. Well, he managed to topple himself right on top of the bubble coral and was stuck their all weekend (I was out of town). I picked him up this morning, but about 15-20% of his surface area seems to be shedding and looks white underneath. I've moved him lower in the tank (which seems like where he was heading) and away from the bubble coral. What is the prognosis for him? Will he live, or did the bubble 'sting' him and will he die completely? Thanks in advance for any information regardig how much leather's move as well as the current state of my leather! (BTW- the bubble is mostly closed, but seems to still look okay).
Thanks in advance - doug.





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