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Any advice would be great, thanks..

I recently purchased a leather finger coral (Sinularia) for the first few days the polyps were out and was looking great.

After 3 days I noticed the tips looked as if they were being eaten/picked off, however I did not see anything attacking the coral during the day or lights off.

Within the next two days I noticed a brown mark appearing, Still looked OK but slightly tattered, by the time I got home the next evening the coral had flopped.

As I removed the coral it fell apart in the tank, and once out it smelt intense, the middle was deep brown and gooey.

I've managed to cut a small good piece away from the main coral and attached to a rock (kept in a small plastic container/even this piece smells bad)


I cant believe how quick the coral deteriorated

My water parameters are:

PH 8.6 - .7
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Phosphate 0
Calcium 450 - 460


My other leather/soft coral is looking fantastic. (Sarcophyton galucum)

I'm gutted as I feel due to my own lack of experience/Knowledge I've caused this to happen, so im trying to find out where I went wrong, any pointer/help would be great.

Other related info:

After the 2nd day of positioning the leather finger I re-positioned him again, this was taking me longer than a expected and I knew I was not doing my tank any favours, the following day 5 fish quickly got what I can only describe as white spot, which looked very bad the next day, the day my leather flopped.

Within 2 days after removing the leather my fish were back to normal without any trace of spots.

Thanks for any advice