Elegance coral disease

[adevice]

I've had a pink tip aussie elegance for about 6 months now, it was doing fine. I picked up another aussie @ vivid two weeks ago and the new one brought in ECD. The new one died and my old one is dying.

Is it known how long the cause of the disease stays in the water? How long do people usually wait between?

Thanks

 

[akitareefer]

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-01/eb/index.php

 

[adevice]

I've read that link previously, but it doesn't contain any information about curing or an elegance free period.

 

[akitareefer]

"the most effective solution is to quarantine or isolate all collected or purchased Catalaphyllia from all other Catalaphyllia for at least one month, to ensure that the disease is not present."

 

[akitareefer]

" I have never heard of any C. jardinei that has been established in an aquarium contracting ECS without being in direct or indirect contact with another specimen with ECS"

 

[adevice]

Thanks for those quotes. Let me rephrase the question "how long is my now infected tank a risk to a healthy elegance?"

If this were marine ich we'd say 9 weeks.

I know not enough is known about this, so it will mostly be anecdotal information.

As a side note I am trying to cure my original elegance with some info from the internet, but I have to start somewhere. It has no tentacles left and will be a long process.

 

[tektite]

I had the same thing happen. The healthy elegance that was taken out by the sick one was an aquacultured specimen too, extremely hardy. The original mother colony had been taken from the ocean 20 or so years ago, and fragged down the line to me.

I waited months to put another one in the tank, so far so good. The new elegance has shown no trace if disease. I can't say how short of a period will work, but the longer you can wait the better.