Elegance coral Questions for Elegance coral :)

Do you bump the thermostat on your ac up when you leave the house? The pic you posted looks like the reaction you get if the lights are to bright, the photo period is to long, or the temp climbs a few degrees above normal.
 
i have a chiller, the temp never goes above 81 or below 78. The thing that gets me is that it was only that way for about 15 minutes
 
If it was only like that for 15 minutes then it had to just be from a fish pecking at it or something. Mine will do that briefly if a snail starts cleaning their skeleton and gets to close to the polyp. Sorry if I over reacted. I get a little nervous when I see a healthy Elegance withdraw like that. The only fish I have is a mandarin and he doesn't cause any problems. The only reason I got him is because the pods got so big and so over populated that they were stealing food from my sick Elegance corals.
 
ok maybe the beginning of the next week :)

Few things happened this week.....first off i was adding fresh ro to the tank because i have an aqualifter on an adjustable ball valve for my topoff. Well the sump was getting low so i opened it up to almost a steady stream and well i forgot about it and the sump the next day was almost overflowing but didnt, it dumped in 10 gallons of fresh and maybe a little bit more. I removed 10 gallons and tested my salinity...it was 1.020-1.021. That was on tuesday. Saturday i did a 20 gallon w/c and both elegance seem to be having a hard time since the salinity drop. I elevated the salinity very very slowly as to not stress the fish. .002 a day. and now i'm baxk to 1.026 here's the pics
the little one now loks like its bleaching/losing zoox. and the big one is p.o'ed today.
You can notice the splotchyness on the little one. Its like the tentacles are changing colors.
here are yesterday's pics
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here are today's pics...i think something fell into the big one maybe a snail....
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On the small one, the tentacles that are fading, are they the ones that are more exposed to the light? Like the ones at the very top of the coral, or is it totally random? Is the polyp expansion and tentacle length the same as it was? The large one will most likely recover if an infection doesn't set in.
Don't feel bad man. I killed 4 of my corals when I let the temp get to high. At least your corals will most likely survive.
 
the whole coral on the small one is exposed to the same amount of light. The tentacles are a bit smaller and skinnier. Tonight when i got home the lights were off and the big one had opened up the part that was closed so thats a good sign. We'll see how it goes this week.
 
ok an update....i found out why the elegance was p.o'ed I dont think that it was the salinity drop that caused the stress....I had a newly added seabae anemone and it melted in the back of the tank....big mistake!!! i removed all the rotting anemone and siphoned out all the slime.....did a 20 gallon w/c again and put fresh carbon in. Today he's starting to open up in the recovering side....the funny thing is that the little one has shown no effect from this incodent except the brown tentacles turning green...maybe this is a cause of the changed light....going from 20k xm to 20k radium.....maybe it is just changing now .......

more picture updates tomorrow (friday) :)
 
ok i'm back just been very busy...the big one pulled through it and the little one has gotten bigger and has started to change color due to the lighting increase.
little one
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big one
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ok here's the big one today...
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didnt get a shot of the little one, the lights went out just as i was goin to take the pic, and i didnt want to wait for the halides to cool off
 
i decreased the flow and kinda getting some disc to show. It couldnt be happier. The tropic marin pro A and K IMO is helping out a bunch, i dont know why but i seems like since the addition of the elements the coral is more stable except for the salinity drop...but it pulled through it fast...only like 3 days. He is looking healthy.
until next time...
I might move the little elegance 3/4 of the way up the rockwork to acclimate to brighter light, and i will be documenting color change polyp expansion and any other effects. so stay tuned.
 
not yet i havent had any time at al for anything except cleaning the skimmer :) I looked around the tank and theres no spots where it can sit without getting blasted with flow...i guess thats the downfall of a mixed species tank huh?
 
i hope you guys dont mind if i talk about my elegance. i have a 180 and it has its own valley like structure i created to protect it from currents. depending on the week it will eat everyday or every other day. i believe it benefits a little from nitrates in the water. the lfs that i got it from had it for four mths when i got it and it was pretty big. but i get better polyp extension and i have had it for five months. there nitrates are about 5ppm. mine are 25ppm. i am hopeful that it will thrive. also i noticed that alot of people have shortr stubbier tentacles than mine. is that a good thing or a bad thing. is it a function of flow light or food?
 
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