Any hope for my leather?

[wrassecal]

I have had this yellow leather for about a month. It kept bending over and closing up and it tore a hole in the side from the lr. I didn't think there was much hope for it so I moved it to the sandbed where at least it wouldn't injure itself. I've seen the sally lightfoot on the tear which was getting worse but, just left it alone. Now the upper portion of the leather is completely detached from the base and the piece of rock it was attached too. Odd thing is the upper portion is now perking up and opening back up. It's basically laying in the sand bed without being attached to anything and missing the base. Think there is any hope for it? What should I do?

 

[wrassecal]

Little better angle, sorry only the actinics are on right now. The left is the rock/base. The detached portion is opening up more than it ever has so far.

 

[bdhough]

Its still alive. I've seen leathers just detach. I guess its an unhappy thing. Try and place it in an area of decent water flow and it will probably "open up" some more and eventually attatch. They are pretty resilient.

 

[wrassecal]

What do you mean? How does a leather relocate itself? I guess the sally lightfoot cleaned up the damaged areas. Should I set it back up on the rockwork somewhere? They can't actually move can they?

 

[wrassecal]

So should I get it out of the sandbed and put it back on the rockwork?

 

[bdhough]

You can take it out and hold it down with a rubber band. Or

[hr]
it with a tooth pick and glue the tooth pick down. Keep in mind the current thing wherever you move him. They do need a decent flow on them.

 

[wrassecal]

Yeah, I was thinking I'd leave it there at least a few days since this appears to be a place it likes. So far at least. Sticking a toothpick through it won't cause another wound? Here is how I did my xenia, will that work? Or would it be better off if I just used the superglue?

 

[wrassecal]

Yes, but just to verify, you don't think it would cause another wound from the weight of the coral. It's about 3 inches across. I don't want to end up in same shape as before. This is kind of cool, I think first time I've had sort of a real time conversation in here.

 

[bdhough]

it may "seperate" from the tooth pick some but they heal pretty quick. I wouldn't worry too much. A tight rubberband can cut it in half slowly. My kenya tree coral did that and now i have two pieces growing happily.

 

[sammystingray]

Sorry to hear it wrassecal, I never had much luck with the yellow guys myself......flopped over and died. Hope yours does better. I thought I would show a pic of my leather that has recently decided to switch rocks......moved about three or four inches now. He is leaving some flesh behind, so hopefully it might become a new baby leather. Anyway, yes they move..the progress in this pic took about three month, so it isn't a very impressive speed. I think he is moving to less current, but I'm not sure....anyway, sorry about the leather, and I don't have much to offer for advice....there is a disease/symptom where leathers flop over, but I forget the name....Bornemans book has something on it I think.....towards the end of the book. Good luck.