carriej
New member
Hi Folks,
In the spring (well, before spring... late winter?) I picked up an indo elegance. At the time of purchase, I did not realize what I was getting myself into.
I was just entranced by it's beauty, even if the price tag made me gag.
I made a post here (but can't find it) at that time, basically asking for help... After researching, it seemed as though my coral was doomed.
For a month, it looked excellent. This was a picture taken at it's prime.
Then I noticed this happening... (excuse crappy pics - most are cell phone pics)
At this point, I asked for help. That was when I learned about what was simply coined Elegance Coral Disease or ECD. I thought I was doomed. I watched, over the course of a few days my beautiful coral turn into this lump of green and pink nothing.
I wasn't sure what to do, I've barely been reef keeping a year and I've never ran into any issues like this. I received lots and lots of advice and it was a bit overwhelming.
One night, I seen a piece of tissue just dissolve infront of my eyes. So I decided that it was probably doomed, and I couldn't hurt it anymore.
I took it out and dipped it in TLF Revive. I thought for sure, I killed it. It was angry for days. However it still hung on, even after weeks. I then decided I would try to feed it. It seemed like it wasn't able to feed very well as it wasn't "sticky" anymore (not sure how else to describe this... was not grabbing the food), so I put a dome on it and dropped food basically ontop of it's mouth. It would then close.
Now, a few months later it's got great feeding response. It's also starting to turn around! The tentacles seem to be getting longer by the day. It's nowhere near as beautiful as it was, but I'm happy it's alive.
Now I require more help... I've gotten it this far, it's in lower flow and I do feed it. Is there anything else I can do to lengthen those tentacles and give it some color back? When I got it, the tentacles weren't see through. Now, as you can see the tentacles are transparent where before they were almost milky. Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.
In the spring (well, before spring... late winter?) I picked up an indo elegance. At the time of purchase, I did not realize what I was getting myself into.
I was just entranced by it's beauty, even if the price tag made me gag.
I made a post here (but can't find it) at that time, basically asking for help... After researching, it seemed as though my coral was doomed.
For a month, it looked excellent. This was a picture taken at it's prime.
Then I noticed this happening... (excuse crappy pics - most are cell phone pics)
At this point, I asked for help. That was when I learned about what was simply coined Elegance Coral Disease or ECD. I thought I was doomed. I watched, over the course of a few days my beautiful coral turn into this lump of green and pink nothing.
I wasn't sure what to do, I've barely been reef keeping a year and I've never ran into any issues like this. I received lots and lots of advice and it was a bit overwhelming.
One night, I seen a piece of tissue just dissolve infront of my eyes. So I decided that it was probably doomed, and I couldn't hurt it anymore.
I took it out and dipped it in TLF Revive. I thought for sure, I killed it. It was angry for days. However it still hung on, even after weeks. I then decided I would try to feed it. It seemed like it wasn't able to feed very well as it wasn't "sticky" anymore (not sure how else to describe this... was not grabbing the food), so I put a dome on it and dropped food basically ontop of it's mouth. It would then close.
Now, a few months later it's got great feeding response. It's also starting to turn around! The tentacles seem to be getting longer by the day. It's nowhere near as beautiful as it was, but I'm happy it's alive.
Now I require more help... I've gotten it this far, it's in lower flow and I do feed it. Is there anything else I can do to lengthen those tentacles and give it some color back? When I got it, the tentacles weren't see through. Now, as you can see the tentacles are transparent where before they were almost milky. Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.
