Elegance Coral theory

[Dimorb]

Hi,

I need some help with my elegance Corals.

I have 6 in one of my aquariums and the all came with the same shipment from Aussie from a really good LFS.

My problem:

Before this summer I bought new tubes (T5 with par value 450NM).. the Corals were bought after this Upgrade so there has not been any changes since they were placed in the aquarium. They are spread all over and from bottom to top..

All summer they've been fine and polyp expansion has been great. Until now.. 5 out of 6 retract when the lights goes on.. the close up completely, doesnt get inflated, no slime or Brown jelly. They look alot as they are supposed to during the nights...

When the light goes of the catalaphyllias start to open again and all of the 5 which Closes up during the day open up and show tentakels.. Not as much as they did the two first months after acclimation but still alot more than during the day.

What should I do?

Since I have them all over the aquarium and it doesnt seem to make any difference is it still an valid option to to move them to a spot with more shadow?

EDIT:

Tried some red slime remover a couple of days ago... but if thats the problem it only causes a problem for the cat's no other Corals shows signs of stress.. what solution is recommended?

 

[Dimorb]

No one??

 

[Aquarist007]

Red slime could do that. I used red slime once and it killed three sun corals over night
Run some carbon or change the media
If the corals were fine before you dosed then I think it's safe to deduce that it was the red slime
Btw
I use ethromyacin now for cyano.probably 2 doz times with no problems

 

[Dimorb]

Ok.

First of.. thank you for your answer.

I decided that I should move the corals to a better spot with more shade.. when I cut them loose from the stones they were attatched I accidental broke one in half and a little crab With blue body and red legs became visible.

Dont know if it was good or bad but I removed it and replaced the Corals in there New spots.

Do you think I should do something else or this is what I can do at the moment?

/Andre

 

[Aquarist007]

Ok.

First of.. thank you for your answer.

I decided that I should move the corals to a better spot with more shade.. when I cut them loose from the stones they were attatched I accidental broke one in half and a little crab With blue body and red legs became visible.

Dont know if it was good or bad but I removed it and replaced the Corals in there New spots.

Do you think I should do something else or this is what I can do at the moment?

/Andre

Yes run carbon and or do a 30 % water change

 

[Aquarist007]

I have to Thank you for posting in this thread . I realize it's been awhile since I've kept elegance corals or have they been available in my area. Have to look into that

 

[herring_fish]

I finally went through it all and will now start to tag along. This is a great thread!

 

[R33ferDude]

Just bought my first elegance

Just bought my first elegance

So I just bought my first elegance. Been waiting months to do so. My two true percales will not leave it alone. I began doing some research and began to get quite worried about the problems with these Corals. I am going to try and pickup a RBA tomorrow for the clowns.

Now my bigger concern is ECS and lighting. I have a 60 Gallon rectangle and have him about mid way up on my rock in the middle of the tank with little or no shade and medium water flow. It opened all the way up today with tentacle not stretched way out but about an inch.

I want to do everything I can to try and make this a successful endeavor. I have read everything on lighting and don't quite understand it all.

Any advice on keeping a Healthy Elegance would be much appreciated. Oh and my LFS did Coral RX Dip it before giving it to me.

 

[flap29gal]

This should go to my theory.

How did they do under the different flow I was told by my LFS that the higher flow will kill them as well I have changed mines flow a lot and it still is not happy it stays half closed looks kinda like a clam I have it in my bio cube under 10000k CF but there purity burned out fixing to replace thank for the info