Gur.Z
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Hi All,
My name is Gur and this is my first post here, I hope someone can help me...
I own a new RSM 250 system which is running for two months.
I have an Elegance coral in my tank for 3 weeks. it opened beautifully from the first moment and looked very healthy.
it got swollen more & more, colors became stronger and they were only a few hours during this whole time when I found it closed and it seemed to be natural behavior as I understand it.
Around a week ago it really grew to be huge, I loved the way it looked although it seemed to be a bit strange, the disks around the mouths were very big and full but the tentacles were relatively short.
In the last couple of days the coral retracted, for a day it was almost fully closed and today it opened again but not as open as it was before.
So I started reading about these symptoms and discovered very interesting facts about the Elegance corals.
A few years ago this coral was considered very easy to grow in captivity and was recommended for beginners.
Because of its beauty and easy care it became very popular and the demand for it grew all the time.
Most of the Elegance corals were exported from Indonesia, they were picked up from the shallow areas of the reef.
In a few years of picking them it started to be difficult to find them in the shallow areas and today the Elegance corals, exported from Indonesia, are picked up from depths exceeding 100 ft.
So when we place a coral from these depths in our tank it has to adjust to the intensity and color of the light, it is very stressful for it and most of the times it will hurt it's immune system and eventually kill it.
Elegance corals coming from Australia on the other hand, are picked in shallow areas and are considered very strong and easy corals for our tank.
The symptoms described for the Indonesian Elegance seems to be exactly how my Elegance looks, large disks around the mouths and short tentacles, and I'm quite sure my coral came from Indonesia.
So now for the questions:
1. Did someone happen to have the problem I described with an Elegance coral ? did it survive ?
2. Do you know of a way to treat a stressed Elegance ?
3. Did someone succeed keeping an Elegance coral in a shadowed area in his tank ? (maybe it could help"ยฆ)
- Water parameters are OK, all other corals looks very happy.
- I didn't feed the Elegance with live food, I tried once but it didn't work and I understood it's not a must so I gave up.
Water Parameters:
NH3 = 0
No2 = 0
No3 = 0
Po4 = 0.03
PH = 8.2
KH = 8.2
Ca = 370
Mg = 1380
Salinity = 35
Temperature = 25 c
Live Stock:
Fish: 2 x Percula Clowns, Yellow Tang
Corals: Zoas, Pipe Organ, Elegance, Open Brain, Sarcophyton, Ricordia, Chilli, FrogSpawn
Invertebrates: 2 X Turbo Snails, 4 X Nassarius Snails, Bumble Bee Snail, 2 X Conch Snails, Electric Blue Hermit, Brittle Starfish, Listama Shrimp, 3 X Sexy Shrimps, Tube Anemone, Blood Red Shrimp, Mexican Turbo Snail, Nerite Snail, Red Legged Hermit
The Elegance Coral a few days ago:
Thank You !
My name is Gur and this is my first post here, I hope someone can help me...
I own a new RSM 250 system which is running for two months.
I have an Elegance coral in my tank for 3 weeks. it opened beautifully from the first moment and looked very healthy.
it got swollen more & more, colors became stronger and they were only a few hours during this whole time when I found it closed and it seemed to be natural behavior as I understand it.
Around a week ago it really grew to be huge, I loved the way it looked although it seemed to be a bit strange, the disks around the mouths were very big and full but the tentacles were relatively short.
In the last couple of days the coral retracted, for a day it was almost fully closed and today it opened again but not as open as it was before.
So I started reading about these symptoms and discovered very interesting facts about the Elegance corals.
A few years ago this coral was considered very easy to grow in captivity and was recommended for beginners.
Because of its beauty and easy care it became very popular and the demand for it grew all the time.
Most of the Elegance corals were exported from Indonesia, they were picked up from the shallow areas of the reef.
In a few years of picking them it started to be difficult to find them in the shallow areas and today the Elegance corals, exported from Indonesia, are picked up from depths exceeding 100 ft.
So when we place a coral from these depths in our tank it has to adjust to the intensity and color of the light, it is very stressful for it and most of the times it will hurt it's immune system and eventually kill it.
Elegance corals coming from Australia on the other hand, are picked in shallow areas and are considered very strong and easy corals for our tank.
The symptoms described for the Indonesian Elegance seems to be exactly how my Elegance looks, large disks around the mouths and short tentacles, and I'm quite sure my coral came from Indonesia.
So now for the questions:
1. Did someone happen to have the problem I described with an Elegance coral ? did it survive ?
2. Do you know of a way to treat a stressed Elegance ?
3. Did someone succeed keeping an Elegance coral in a shadowed area in his tank ? (maybe it could help"ยฆ)
- Water parameters are OK, all other corals looks very happy.
- I didn't feed the Elegance with live food, I tried once but it didn't work and I understood it's not a must so I gave up.
Water Parameters:
NH3 = 0
No2 = 0
No3 = 0
Po4 = 0.03
PH = 8.2
KH = 8.2
Ca = 370
Mg = 1380
Salinity = 35
Temperature = 25 c
Live Stock:
Fish: 2 x Percula Clowns, Yellow Tang
Corals: Zoas, Pipe Organ, Elegance, Open Brain, Sarcophyton, Ricordia, Chilli, FrogSpawn
Invertebrates: 2 X Turbo Snails, 4 X Nassarius Snails, Bumble Bee Snail, 2 X Conch Snails, Electric Blue Hermit, Brittle Starfish, Listama Shrimp, 3 X Sexy Shrimps, Tube Anemone, Blood Red Shrimp, Mexican Turbo Snail, Nerite Snail, Red Legged Hermit
The Elegance Coral a few days ago:
Thank You !
