Flow for Elegance

[elegance coral]

The only time I have seen them swell up at night is after they have been severely damaged by intense lighting. I said you would know something in the next few days, unfortunately, it doesn't look good. I believe, its tissues have been ravaged by the over exposure to your lights. It will most likely deflate and come down with an infection. I have used iodine dips and dosed the tank with iodine to help fight off these infections. There may not be enough viable tissue left on this coral to save. I hate to give you bad news, but your coral is in very bad shape. Infection is the big enemy at this point and you may not be able to fight it off. Let us know how it goes. I'm sorry, and good luck.

 

[Coderabit2]

Aww such is life. Lets just hope luck is on our side. And to think it only took less than two hours of my MHs.

 

[Coderabit2]

Last night the elegance inflated a little more, but as of this morning she looked much better as she has deflated quite a bit. I'll let you know how she is doing when I get home tonight. I haven't given up on her yet...

 

[Coderabit2]

Updated pic

 

[Coderabit2]

It now starts to swell after I turn the lights on. What does that mean?

 

[elegance coral]

I believe they swell up due to O2 levels climbing within their tissues. If the light is simply to bright they will begin to swell shortly after the lights come on. If the light is only slightly to bright they begin to swell later in the day. Usually by morning the swelling has gone down. In my opinion, this constant swelling is a sign that the cell walls within the coral are being damaged. This damage eliminates the corals ability to fight off infections. It is amazing how very little light can cause some of these Elegance to swell. Some of them are collected form depths of 100 ft. or more. There is not much light that far down.

 

[Coderabit2]

What would your suggestion on light be? I can take one of the bulbs out and have just one 65 watt actinic pc running. How should I acclimate it?

 

[elegance coral]

Is there a way you can place something between the light and the tank to shade the area the Elegance is in?

 

[Coderabit2]

Do you think it is being bothered by the coral next to it? I'm wondering if the coral banded shrimp in the tank is bothering it too. I'll find something and try and shade the coral. Should I find something that is slightly transparent? I've also had a thread going on my local reef website if you are interested.

Localreefthread

 

[Coderabit2]

Here's some new pics as of today. I only turned the light on for the pics.

 

[lbaskball45]

why is the powerhead pointed directly at the coral?...by the way. the coral should not look like that. Most likely it is stressed..

 

[Coderabit2]

The powerhead is pointing at the green sinularia because it has been bumped, but was originally parallel with the ground. I definetly agree that it is stressed, thats what this whole thread has been about and how to fix it.

 

[Coderabit2]

I found a piece of plastic so as to block all the light coming directly perpendicular to the elegance. Here are the pics after having lights on for 7hours.

 

[Coderabit2]

Not the best of pics, but the coral definetly looks much better. If the coral swells up during the night again I'm going to remove the coral banded shrimp to see if that is pestering it to influence some of the swelling.

 

[chris wright]

Looks like the health of your elegance is turning around. It's a shame that the elegance corals available in the states aren't as healthy as those in Australia. I watched the video posted by elegancecoral on the first page, and was suprised to see how slow that coral took the food. Mine touches food and its got it, my fingers to if I'm not careful :lol:

Hope your coral recovers, I'll be following to see how you go.

Cheers

Chris

 

[elegance coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10934165#post10934165 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chris wright
Looks like the health of your elegance is turning around. It's a shame that the elegance corals available in the states aren't as healthy as those in Australia. I watched the video posted by elegancecoral on the first page, and was suprised to see how slow that coral took the food. Mine touches food and its got it, my fingers to if I'm not careful :lol:

Hope your coral recovers, I'll be following to see how you go.

Cheers

Chris

Hay! Don't be pickin on my Elegance corals . They're getting their strength back. Hopefully they will be attacking the food like yours soon.

 

[chris wright]

:lol: Mate thanks to info from your thread on elegance corals and answers to peoples questions, I have been able to meet the needs of this amazing coral, and sit back and enjoy for that I want to say thanks.

I'm glad to hear that yours is healthy, and hope that everyone who are keeping these corals see them come up to the health that we experience here in Oz. I'm sure you've seen plenty of aussie corals to know what i mean about how well they can take to food. Its an unreal experience when they get hold of your fingers. I don't do it deliberately, but sometimes the flow is sudden and catches me out :lol:

Cheers

Chris