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    Posted: April 30 2003 at 2:12pm

I have a Royal Crown/Frilly Leather Coral and it has been a great coral in my tank.  A few months ago it started to do something really odd.  It is pulling the crown apart and is forming multiple stocks - at least that is what it appears to be.  Is this normal behavior for leather corals?
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That is not typical.

If the flesh where it is splitting is normal looking then congratulations! If it is not normal looking then I offer my condolences! There are some things you can do for a sick Sarcophyton.

How many stalks are there now? Of course cutting each one off would be a way to propagate, but it would be neat to see an image, if you can post or email it.
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I picked up a leather from the last coral cutting seminar that may be doing the same.  There are no deffinately deffined stalks but when it "blooms" (not sure about correct terminology)  there are 3 noticeable segments where it folds every time.  Not sure if this helps but thought I'd let ya know.
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Mark,

Well, I belive that the flesh where it is separating is normal looking.  Currently I have about 3 main stems on it.  Also I have about 2 or so smaller stems on it.  I just cut one of the smaller ones off as it was only being held on by a thread.  What it does in some of the locations is form a hole in the crown and then slowly separate that piece away from the main colony.  In the other locations it just slowly split the crown and stem apart.

I would love to take a picture of it, but every time I try to take pictures with my auto-focus 35m camera I waste tons of film for nothing.  I'll see if I can round up a digital camera and post the pictures.
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