SantaMonica
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When mine did that, it was because something had touched it there.
Calling all elegance coral experts!
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carriej
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Ok.
So this thing is still ticking, and I *think* it's improving.
It came to the point where I thought for sure it was just going to die... Looked like this
So I hauled it out, and began dipping in Coral Revive. At first I thought for sure I nuked it; but it seems to be improving more each day. It's got a great feeding response too; eats food immediately. It's paled out a lot and doesn't look nearly as good..
Here it is today
Mind you, it's a far freakin' cry from how beautiful it was. Anyone have any further advice?
So this thing is still ticking, and I *think* it's improving.
It came to the point where I thought for sure it was just going to die... Looked like this
So I hauled it out, and began dipping in Coral Revive. At first I thought for sure I nuked it; but it seems to be improving more each day. It's got a great feeding response too; eats food immediately. It's paled out a lot and doesn't look nearly as good..
Here it is today
Mind you, it's a far freakin' cry from how beautiful it was. Anyone have any further advice?
Just leave it be. Elegance are quite 'moody' corals and will look different than they normally do for days on end sometimes. By moving them, dipping them, etc. you are just stressing them out.
Leave and observe, if you see a unusual behavior persist for a two week or longer period then consider some course of action. Don't look at day-to-day changes and get freaked out.
Concerning tentacles, I have seen fine tentacle elegance develop stubby fat tentacles over the years and look like a completely different type. Just their way of adopting to their tank environment.
Leave and observe, if you see a unusual behavior persist for a two week or longer period then consider some course of action. Don't look at day-to-day changes and get freaked out.
Concerning tentacles, I have seen fine tentacle elegance develop stubby fat tentacles over the years and look like a completely different type. Just their way of adopting to their tank environment.
carriej
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The coral progressed worse over the course of about two weeks. I did lose one polyp; it just took off and dissolved... That's when I decided to dip it as I was scared whatever was going on was "contagious" for lack of a better term.
It has looked this way for quite some time now... As long as it lives, I am cool with it... But it was a real eye catcher for the first month I had it... Wish it would look like that again!
It has looked this way for quite some time now... As long as it lives, I am cool with it... But it was a real eye catcher for the first month I had it... Wish it would look like that again!
carriej
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Incase anyone is curious.
I still have this coral.
I worked some witchcraft on it, and for an indonesian elegance coral... It seems to be doing well.
Right now, I would like to figure out why the tentacles do not remain flowy. Some days, they look great, some days... Not so much.
I have not been able to figure out exactly what has been causing the tentacles to remain short ~85% of the time. I am thinking about moving it to a lower light area.
Here's a recent picture, unfortunately does not have the entire coral... But it's the most recent picture.
As you can see, the tentacles seem to stuck at this level. I would like to get them back to the long, flowly, beautiful tentacles it used to have.
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
From the date of the thread, you can see this has been happening for over a year... So I would really like to figure out a solution.
I still have this coral.
I worked some witchcraft on it, and for an indonesian elegance coral... It seems to be doing well.
Right now, I would like to figure out why the tentacles do not remain flowy. Some days, they look great, some days... Not so much.
I have not been able to figure out exactly what has been causing the tentacles to remain short ~85% of the time. I am thinking about moving it to a lower light area.
Here's a recent picture, unfortunately does not have the entire coral... But it's the most recent picture.
As you can see, the tentacles seem to stuck at this level. I would like to get them back to the long, flowly, beautiful tentacles it used to have.
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
From the date of the thread, you can see this has been happening for over a year... So I would really like to figure out a solution.
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