dying elegant help

[duncang]

have had a large elegant for 2 weeks. 6 in across. Had a bicolor blenny which picked at it alot until I moved the fish. The coral has died back in the center and is rapidly spreading both ways. Any ideas please?

 

[duncang]

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[Zoalander]

Have you done any searches on elegance corals, because 99% of them die in captivity no matter what your tank conditions or what you do.

 

[David Grigor]

doubt very seriously that the blenny is the root cause. 2 weeks is definately not past the hump. Until it reaches 6 months to a year, everyday is a gamble with an elegance.

If you start seeing any type of fuzzy or stringy then you need to frag it quickly several inches into the healthy looking portion. Even then keeping it from spreading is not very good.

 

[UnderwaterExotic]

I was going to say, join the club!

 

[stykthyn]

frag it now and discard the rest, do daily water changes and hope for the best.

 

[jasper24]

I tried an elegance against the advice of almost everyone on this site a couple of months back. Everyone was right. It died within 6 weeks.

 

[wendykroy]

me too! i said, ah it won't happen to me, 2 months later, DEAD.

me too! i said, ah it won't happen to me, 2 months later, DEAD.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6782918#post6782918 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jasper24
I tried an elegance against the advice of almost everyone on this site a couple of months back. Everyone was right. It died within 6 weeks.

 

[simion3]

That one looks like a gonner for sure.