OMG! Elegance Coral KILLER FOUND!!! CHECK THIS OUT!

[Shawnts106]

Update!

The indo Elegance has DIED... suddenly, came in and tissue recession BAD!....
I have fragged it and dipped it, I dont expect it to make it.

The Aussie, is still recovering, less filaments every day.... seeing more and more tenticles...

 

[chris wright]

I know of another Aussie reefer who found a gall crab in his Cati, and has lost a fair bit of his coral. Upon removal the coral is starting to recover. I'm not saying that the crab was the cause, but after removal, it sure has helped the coral.

I'm not 100% sure if I have one in my system, but it's quite possible, but it hasn't touched mine as far as I know.

Here it is on a Valonia algae,

HTH

 

[Shawnts106]

update... now my Aussie is dieing... dont know if its going to make it...

Now Im wanting to say its a disease and not a crab infection... I took my indo and completely dismembered it, and examined the tissue and skeleton for Gall Crabs... I did not find any!...

This was not a light issue either, the elegance was shaded and put in med flow and was doing fine for a week....

 

[chris wright]

Have you pulled it out and had a close look at it? May be worth a try. Sorry to hear of this.

 

[Shawnts106]

I have, no crabs to be found.. getting worse every day!

 

[Shawnts106]

RIP Aussie Elegance... Its gone!


So I heard that, you can Dip New Elegance corals in Nitrofurizone and it will take care of the disease...
How many people have tried this?

 

[JM68]

sorry to hear about your aussie. i just bought a small on yesterday and found 2 gal crabs in it. Took both out and it looks ok today, but who knows. i'm keeping my fingers crossed. Where did you hear about this Nitrofurizone stuff? maybe i'll give it a try if it really works.

 

[chris wright]

Sorry to hear you lost your coral mate.

As for the dip, sounds a bit dodgy. It would be great if it's true, but nobody really can say for sure why the coral declines and dies. There are plenty of theories, but not solid proof.

 

[tranboy]

JM 68 how did you remove your gall crabs. I just found one on mine but i can't remove it?

 

[JM68]

i used a pair of tweezers with pointy tips. The tips r small enough to get between the crab and the coral skeleton and i just pulled them out, they came out a lot easier than i thought they would. I didnt do a dip after and mine is doing just fine.

 

[gnosticvisions]

I tried the Nitrofurizone as to the exact instructions of Julian Sprung and it only worked for a brief period of time in bring the color back (bright green with purple tips) but the end result was the same, R.I.P. It was actually a classic case and the demise of my Indo Elegance caused me to come very close to exiting the hobby. I actually still have the skeleton in the tank since I had heard of some talk of post mortum regeneration but that is just wishful thinking i'm sure. If my elegance skeleton can help in any way towards some research then someone let me know and i'll ship it to you free of charge because its just sitting in my tank. I hate this plague and its the only coral death I have experienced so far and intend with good husbandry for it to be the last. On a final note, I thought the Aussie variety was supposed to be bulletproof?

 

[tranboy]

Yea I got mine out yesterday. That thing was hiding in the tentacles luckily I found it early. The area where is stayed at was all shriveled up. Now that section is getting alot better.

 

[Mental1]

With two failures of the nutrofurizone dip ... perhaps it isn't such a good idea? Or is there a point at which the coral is too far gone?

 

[chris wright]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12086679#post12086679 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gnosticvisions
I tried the Nitrofurizone as to the exact instructions of Julian Sprung and it only worked for a brief period of time in bring the color back (bright green with purple tips) but the end result was the same, R.I.P. It was actually a classic case and the demise of my Indo Elegance caused me to come very close to exiting the hobby. I actually still have the skeleton in the tank since I had heard of some talk of post mortum regeneration but that is just wishful thinking i'm sure. If my elegance skeleton can help in any way towards some research then someone let me know and i'll ship it to you free of charge because its just sitting in my tank. I hate this plague and its the only coral death I have experienced so far and intend with good husbandry for it to be the last. On a final note, I thought the Aussie variety was supposed to be bulletproof?

Aussie's are tough, but not bulletproof. You still need to meet it's requirements or will suffer the same fate as any other coral. They also get pests that can do much damage, so you need to think of these the same as other corals, in terms of meeting it's requirements.