Cutting Leathers

Suzy, my experience cutting a yellow leather coral is both good and bad.  First of all I can't remember where it came from.  Iv'e been told that some are hardier than others. 

I waited roughly a month and a half until I could wait no longer.  I made a typical cut from the perimeter of the coral.  I then cut it into five cuttings.  It just so happened that I took all of the rock out of the tank shortly after this.  After I put all the rock back in, I managed to loose track of 3 of the cuttings.  The other two cuttings are doing really well.  However the original leather is no longer with us.  Since it didn't die emediately after I cut from it, I can't say exactly what the cause of death was.  It didn't look bad at all until I moved it in my tank.  I finally moved it back as close as I could to where it was placed originally but it was to little and too late.

I say, live by the scissors die by the scissors but use caution by following the previous posts advise of letting the coral get accustomed the tank.  There are some water parameters that leathers can be sensitive to when propagating that may be of concern.  I read about them on the internet a couple years ago.  Mabe someone out there in WMAS land can pick up from here since I can't remember what those parameters are.