elegance hit by sniper plz advise

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i am very sad. i have a decent size coral that i have had for about 4 years. i was just doing some tank maint re-aranging some powerheads etc. the elegance was sunning himself at the size of 8 inches or so minding his own business. i turned on the wave timer and from 4 feet away the upswell cought him and he released off of his hard base. is there any hope for him? i watched it happen he just let go. it didnt look like it ripped but what do i know if i was dumb enuff to let that happen... is it possable for him to re attach to something? this just happend so if you have any advise now is the time.
thank you for your time
 
I have heard similar of Tubastrea. If it is in an unfit environment it will detach from it's skeleton and search for somewhere more fitting. In aquariums the detachment is usually caused by a water quality issue so therefore it doesn't find a more suitable environment and dies. I don't know if it could be the same thing with your elegance or not. If it is hopefully it can find somewhere it likes since it seems it was just scared from the blast of flow.
 
i have found a good long u shaped rock for him to hang out in he seems ok for now. you said "hopefully it can find somewhere it likes" so that might answer one of my question right there that this in it self might not be fatal? i have had him for four years and he has gone through my neglect stages. the tank is doing rather good right now with the exception of this. the other question was can he re attach to something or does he need to start building a new skelleton agin?
anybody?
 
I have heard stories of corals surviving issues like this, but I have never seen it for myself. I would be very surprised if this coral survived. Something had to be causing problems for the coral laying down new skeleton. Elevated phosphate, low calcium. something went wrong. The problem would have to be fixed and the coral would have to lay down new skeleton before infection set in on the underside of the tissue. This is a race I don't think the coral will win. I do hope you can prove me wrong though. Good luck, and keep us posted. I would like to know how this turns out.
 
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i was responsable for a living creature. something that was taken from its natural home and i chose to accept the responsabillity of keeping it alive. now some who might read this might think ease up man its just one coral... i have never been use to something dieing in my care due to my being lazy or ignorance on how to properly care for something...yes you were both right my ca was at 360. for a long time i had a dsb of aragonite that helped with my almost no ca load. about 8 months ago i took it out and went 1/2 grey coast calcite in just the front three inches of the tank. keeping up on my ca testing and suppliment hasnt taken hold yet. wht a way to have it hit home. thank you both. if you tag this thread i will update once a week on how its doing. wow its a good thing i dont post alot i sure do run on
 
well i am happy to report that so far he is doing very well. it is acting the same as it always has, doesnt seem to be doing a single thing different. growing big in the light and shrinking down to normal size at night. i have him hanging on the back of my tank in a collection thing that you would see at the lfs. he is right next to the modded intake for my aqua flow system so the container water always has flow comeing in over the top. oh well thats the best way i can figure on keeping him alive. any ideas on how i can do it better?
 
How's your calcium? If it has survived for over two weeks and still looks good, you may be able to save this coral after all. I wish you could post some pics. I would love to see an Elegance without a skeleton.
 
Should you try to gently attach him to a suitable rock using a thicker twine that won't cut through the soft LP part of him? it seem as though the more free he is to get "blown" around the aquarium, the greater chance he will have of getting fatally damaged.
 
ca is holding strong now at 420. i am happy i havent lost him yet, in fact i am sure he would sun himself just as big as before right now if he could. that is if i didnt have him in the fish collection box.
my wife has some nice slr cameras with lenses tripods etc. i think i remember in a past issue of rk mag there was a tutorial on how to post picks ill try to figure out how to do it this weekend. not to good with computers so we will see. i can say there has been no bleaching, where he is not bright green he is a nice golden brown in reading other posts i think he is an aussi. if i can get the picture thing going i will be sure to lift its hine leg so u can see his underside
 
LOL! Now I feel like a pervert.
Posting pics is fairly easy. Just go to Image Shack or Photo Bucket and upload the pic there. Then copy the link and paste it here. Just wrap the letters img in these [] at the front of the link and wrap this /img in these [] at the end of the link. The pic will show in the thread when you submit the reply.
 
still alive but does not expand as much as it did. probably because its is still in the confinds of the fish collection thingy. i am going to make a new home for him out of egg crate and quilting cloth. this should also reduce the suffocation factor i am sure he is having. decided to take out what little sand was in the tank last weekend and also removed 40 50lbs of rock. just had to many dead spots. major re-construction. i will try to figure out the picture thing soon if it has lasted this long i am sure it will still be around in a couple of weeks. pictures will come sorry for the delay. home at 6:30 in bed by 9:00 and up at 4:30. time is short
 
still alive!! dispite my best efforts to kill it. two close calls i will explain later. i just set up my photobucket account and wanted to find this thread so i can get to it easy. i am hopeing to share pictures of my "tank in progress" and my indistructable coral this weekend, depends on if i need to go out of town on sat. if anybody still cares?
 
One of my elegance corals sits on the sand bed. Every week when I'm cleaning the tank I like to gently pick him up and shake him upside down to get out any sand/rubble particles that builds up on his flesh over the week (he has a hosting clown).

Now this post has me thinking twice about continuing this practice if there is a risk of him detaching from his base. Should I continue my practice or is it too risky in your opinion?
 
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Very good question, I would think that an elegance coral would be equipped with the tools to be rid of a small amount of sand build up, but this is just my speculation.
 
They can get rid of some sand on their own, but the clown may be restricting the corals ability to do so.
Polyp bail out is not all that common in Elegance corals.

You know we still care. I was about to bump this thread up to see if it was still alive. It has almost made it 2 months. Unbelievable.
 
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lets see if this works. this is just after attempt # three on its life. maby its part cat? oh no only 6 more to go. in this pic its only about 2 1/2 3 inch and pretty stressed. i took this last night. its recoverd nicely and is almost "normal". if this works i will snap and post more by this weekend and tell the sad story. someone please let me know if they can see the pic or not
thanks
 
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