ID help with Leather coral

[blowfish1]

Can anybody help me ID this thing It Is so big I need to sell It but I do not know what kind It is.

 

[puffer32]

Looks like an out of control toadstool

You can cut alot of it off and sell to a LFS, no need to get rid of it, just alot of it and you will make money also.

 

[blowfish1]

it is not a toadstool I have one of those too
this thing is about 2ft wide I have had it for over 4 years

 

[michaeltx]

its still a long tentical toadstool beleive it or not. some of them do get HUGE like this one has gotten and as it gets larger the bases can shrink causeing to look more like a mushroom or a different type of leather others get HUGE bases to support the massive head of them.
Mike

 

[mscarpena]

I agree toadstool. Good luck getting rid of it though. Most people do not want the huge ones.

 

[puffer32]

You don't need to get rid of it, just cut it and frag some of it.

 

[blowfish1]

Thank you all for your help I could frag it but it is so BIG I do not know to start

 

[nano reefer]

Take out the machete!!!

 

[nycbob]

a scissor will do w leather. they r easy to cut. i cut mine using a regular school scissor. they recover with 2 weeks.

 

[dbmtrman]

I have the same leather. Mine is also huge. I'm ready to frag some of it. How much of it can I cut off at a time?

 

[petjunkie]

A lot, I cut one down to the very bottom because it appeared dead and I wanted the rock, I took no precautions at all, just chopped away with a knife out of the water and now I have six. Guess the toadstool won that battle.

 

[blowfish1]

If I cut it off at the stock will it grow back sence it is on a big piece
of live rock then frag the head of it?

 

[digitydash]

I wouldn't cut it all off just shape it.Also u better get alot or rock it going to be alot of pieces.

 

[rainbow grouper]

make sure the polyps are retracted before cutting

 

[bang guy]

Quote:
Originally Posted by rainbow grouper http:///forum/thread/283275/id-help-with-leather-coral#post_3405164
make sure the polyps are retracted before cutting
Hi, is there any particular reason you are bringing back these old threads?

 

[rainbow grouper]

I did not realise there old but i'm not bringing up old threads any more