Leather Disaster-Need Help

[ronj]

i just did something really stupid. my leather was mostly closed up and i noticed that it had a lot of detritus in the middle of its' crown. i put a pipe cleaner brush in it and brushed it out. the end of the brush had an extremely sharp point at the end that i didn't see. it stabbed a hole about the size of a quarter in the crown because i plunged it a few times with the brush. will it most likely die or what.. i feel really dumb

 

[dpaynter]

With a little luck the leather should recover. In future, a turkey baster works well for blowing detritus off corals or rocks.

 

[Handegard]

Leathers are the most resilient corals I've kept. Don't know how it'll fare, but I'd leave the leathers alone when they get crap on them (unless its a ton from a tank cleaning). Whenever stuff gets on them, they do a little mucas thing and shed a layer of goo, that takes all the detritus with it...

 

[sryder]

if you made a plug I would set it in the sand and let the plug attach. when it does you can then glue it to a rock and start another coral.

 

[Jimbob]

Agree with what most everyone else has already posted.... your leather should be fine. They can take an amazing amount of physical abuse.

 

[ronj]

the funny thing is that i clean my rocks with a turkey baster and it never crossed my mind to use it last night

 

[barrierreefcf]

Also agree with everyone here. It should be fine. What you want to watch for are signs of infection/decay. Make sure there is some flow over the crown to keep the area clean while the damage grows back. Treat it like a cut on your hand (minus the neosporin and bandaid ) and just keep the area from getting infected and it will heal itself.

 

[ronj]

good news. my leather is almost entirely healed and has opened up

 

[Angelscrx]

Hardy little fellers aren't they! That's a good deal, I am glad it came back for you.

 

[gregb]

You wont do that again will you?

 

[ronj]

nope. i will use a turkey baster in the future!!

 

[Angelscrx]

A powerhead works good too!