Green Finger Leather isn't right.

[azocean709]

I have a green finger leather...pretty good size. I have fragged it several times and has always done really well. This past week and a half the polyps have not come out on it, and it looks alittle shrunken. Is this normal every now and again? no other corals are acting strange,
Corals:
Xenia,
yellow gargonian,
open brain,
purple mushrooms,
yellow polyps,
torch coral,
long tentical plate,
water:
8.3 ph
alk. 4.4
calcium. 450
mag. 1350
strontium 10
iodine. 4
trates. 1
amm. 0
phosphates. 0
temp. 80.2 stays between 78- 81.
I tested for copper.....none
i drip kalk, and add no other additives but the strontium every now and again when it is needed.
everything seems to be fine with my water. I test it every week and it is the same I use salifert and seachem drop tests,. My lighting is 2, 175 watt ushio MH. They are about a month old, I acclimated the tank to the lights when i switched also. its just that the green finger has clamed up and i don't know why. any info would be greatly apprieciated. thanks

 

[qreef]

how about iron?

 

[azocean709]

i would test for that but don't have that tester....and don't see how that could get into my water in the first place.

 

[azocean709]

anyone??

 

[jonnywater]

Look at the areas where you clipped parts off.....is there any discoloring of weird patterns forming? I know that I fragged my finger leather and kenya tree a few times and the 4th or 5th time it went into shock. The kenya is only coming out of it after around 2 weeks.

 

[azocean709]

Originally Posted by jonnywater
Look at the areas where you clipped parts off.....is there any discoloring of weird patterns forming? I know that I fragged my finger leather and kenya tree a few times and the 4th or 5th time it went into shock. The kenya is only coming out of it after around 2 weeks.
I haven't fragged the lil dude for awhile...I looked...the arms i cut off ore healed over. / this is the time i wish i had a camera.. maybe i can explain it this way.... ya know after your lights go off....an hour later everything is closed up....thats what the leather looks like.. <all the time now>I dont see any deterioration of any extremedies. its just shrunk up. got me through a loop...i don't know whats' wrong, if anything. but it is gonna be comin up on 2 weeks like this. even after i acclimated it from the LFS the polyps were out with in the hour...i just don't know.