Elegance Coral advice?

[Charlena00]

I recently purchased my first elegance coral. It is the pink tipped Australian variety. It is small only about 4 inches when fully expanded. The first two week it seemed so happy with its cute little tentacles all stretched out. The past after my recent water change of about 1.5 gallons two days ago it no longer seems to be a happy little coral.

My tank is 16 gallons and I have a 165W full spectrum LED running at 35% blue and 25% white. (This may need to change I just don't want to roast my coral, it's a fairly new light)

Temp: 80
Salinity: 1.025
PH: 8.2
Ammonia, Nitrates, Phosphates: All as close to 0 as possible.
Alkalinity: 9 ish
Calcium: 400ppm
Magnesium: 1300 ppm

Here are some before and after pictures.





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[Charlena00]

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[Charlena00]

No one? There are plenty of you out there who know. Please!


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[jacksonpt]

How long has it been in your tank?
How long has it looked unhappy? 2 days?

 

[Jeff4777]

Yeah Elegance coral can be finicky sometimes for no apparent reason. Luckily my colonies have been doing well. Only difference in parameters I see on my tank:

78 degrees
450 Ca
10.1 dKH
1400 Mg

I run reef breeders led. Peaking at about 60 17 50 on the 3 channels. 11 inches off surface of water on a 24" tall tank. Elegance corals are on my sand near rock.

Previously I had to move one because it was under the wave maker. While not getting blasted directly it didn't seem happy with its flesh getting pulled back and forward. Once relocated it's been thriving.

Not sure exactly what's wrong but good luck, their an amazing coral.

 

[jstack]

I recently purchased my first elegance coral. It is the pink tipped Australian variety. It is small only about 4 inches when fully expanded. The first two week it seemed so happy with its cute little tentacles all stretched out. The past after my recent water change of about 1.5 gallons two days ago it no longer seems to be a happy little coral.

My tank is 16 gallons and I have a 165W full spectrum LED running at 35% blue and 25% white. (This may need to change I just don't want to roast my coral, it's a fairly new light)

Temp: 80
Salinity: 1.025
PH: 8.2
Ammonia, Nitrates, Phosphates: All as close to 0 as possible.
Alkalinity: 9 ish
Calcium: 400ppm
Magnesium: 1300 ppm

Here are some before and after pictures.





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with the little knowledge we have on the tank it's really hard to say to many variables at play. the biggest one for me is the tank looks new and it's a 16g very easy for it's params to sway including temp

 

[TangingOut]

I keep mine low light, low flow, and feed it once every week or two.

 

[CrayolaViolence]

Elegance likes lower light, lower flow. Sometimes they do weird things such as retract or act unhappy only to bounce back. If nothing is bothering it (and watch your substrate for those stinging worms) and you're not beating it to death with a powerhead, it will probably be fine. Too much light they tend to curl up as well.

 

[karmann]

I have mine for 6 months now in high light and high flow, picture from minutes ago. Still early in the morning here but by midday it is fully opened so it double in size