Elegance asexual cloning?

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TheReefChief

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Hi Guys, last night I noticed one end of my new elegance coral looked a little funky, to ensure nothing was irritating it i grabbed a flashlight and started inspecting it. Much to my surprise I noticed an anemone like blob on the edge of the skeleton near a piece of torn flesh. I grabbed this photo of it shortly afterwards and went to look for my DSLR.

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By the time I got back, the blob had fallen completely down the skeleton and was now resting near the base

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It appears to have the same green tint as the elegance, but also looks very much like a baby green bubble tip anemone.

Maybe it actually is one and floated in a stung the elegance and is now moving away?



Anyways, I was hoping for some opinions on if that's what is going on, and if so any moves I should take to care for it? I am concerned the tissue from the elegance will cover it and not give it light.

Thanks in advance for any input and help!
 
Here is a shot I took this morning after the lights came on:

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At this point im thinking maybe a majano? (but it moved?, slid even, and the inside is green rather then the tentacles, much like on an elegance)
 
tektite said:
That looks like a majano to me.
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Do majano's have the ability to "slide" and down a rock or skeleton, or are they stationary in the same way that an Aiptasia seems "glued" to a rock? If so it definitely slid as a ball before landing like that. Does anyone know if this is definitely not what a spawned elegance looks like so I can just go ahead and toss it?
 
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Yes it looks like an elegenance.

It is called budding when it sends out a baby like that. It is usually from stress. The parent looks like it is starting to pull away from the skeleton so it is probably on the way out.
 
xroads said:
Yes it looks like an elegenance.

It is called budding when it sends out a baby like that. It is usually from stress. The parent looks like it is starting to pull away from the skeleton so it is probably on the way out.
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It was bought from a frag swap very recently and has only been in the tank a few days so I am sure going through some stress adjusting to the lighting and water. But before and after dropping the "bud" it looks very happy and very full. I also checked tank params and everything looks solid. Hopefully it can recover.

Here is a picture of it the day before.

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Should I seperate it from the base of the parent seketon? or leave it be?
 
Hi Guys, at home for lunch and checked in on the elegance.

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looks like its perfectly happy again and might even touch the baby, should I move the baby to a plastic tank inside the tank with some sand?
 
Its amazing how everyone is certain it is a majano without better pictures or examination.

Especially since elegance corals have been known to bud in captivity.

I would QT it & examine it further instead of just throwing it in the garbage on advice made from a fuzzy picture.
 
I'm confused - are we looking at the weird slimy ball at the edge of the skeleton in the first pic...or the majano/elegance down at the bottom on the sand? The "whatever it is" looks like it's in the same place between the first and second pics. Sorry...maybe I'm just blind.

I would pull it out and examine it. Budding does not happen nearly as quickly as a majano deciding to move. Based on your timeline (went to grab a DSLR), I'm going to guess it's a majano. Budding is a bit of a slower process where the tissue gradually forms a bud, and slowly separates. I don't think that's what happened here. My guess is majano (not based on photos, but based on knowledge of actual budding occurances).
 
xroads said:
Its amazing how everyone is certain it is a majano without better pictures or examination.
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Look at the pic in post #2. The pic is plenty clear enough to determine it's not a young elegance. It looks like every other majano I've seen.

Especially since elegance corals have been known to bud in captivity.
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Can you please post a link to where you got this info? Many corals reproduce through "budding", but I'm not aware of elegance corals reproducing in this manner.
 
elegance coral said:
this is what I'm talking about.
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No, I know what you're talking about, and I agree it's a Majano.

I was asking the original poster what he was questioning in his first picture. It looked like he was talking about that slime ball on the top edge of the skeleton, but I can see the majano thing at the base. He said the "thing" slid down the skeleton while he went to find his camera...then posted a pic of the majano in what looks to be the same place. It doesn't look like the majano moved at all. Anyway....

I think it's a majano...budding just doesn't happen in 30 minutes....
 
xroads said:
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2008/8/aafeature1/view
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Dana Riddle does not claim that elegance corals "bud" as a means of reproduction in this article. Elegance coral can produce a piece of skeleton that is not attached to the main skeleton. As this smaller skeleton grows, its weight pulls down on the polyp. Eventually, the new skeleton tares a portion of the polyp free from the mother coral, and a new coral is formed. This is not "budding". Dana Riddle describes this as "dripping". "Budding" is when a small polyp grows off a larger one.
 
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