Scutterborn
New member
Very nice.
Rescue Corals
- Thread starter MechEng99
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Thanks. I fed it at least once, sometimes twice a week. I would put it in a bowl of tank water for feedings. Most of the time I would soak the mysis, blood worms or brine shrimp in Aquavitro Fuel before feedings. Not too much just a few drops. I also used coral frenzy and marine snow on occasion. Always outside of the tank. Keeping alk, cal and mag inline also helped. I am hoping it colors up overtime. it has some orange and greenish streaks up close.
I also did a few coral rx dips along the way.
Elegance Rescue
This coral was given to me by a friend.
Brought back to life then returned to its owner.
No food or meds, stable conditions is all it needed.
My tip - research the coral you want before you buy it.
2-02-2010
7-31-2010
wow nice job it isnßt easy to get a elegance back to life
Elegance Rescue
This coral was given to me by a friend.
Brought back to life then returned to its owner.
No food or meds, stable conditions is all it needed.
My tip - research the coral you want before you buy it.
2-02-2010
7-31-2010
Awesome Job!
quagmire
Active member
I'm not familiar with the term ECS and can only guess that its condition was caused by poor water quality and improper placement. Which in my opinion are the two main reasons for coral death in this hobby. When i received the coral it had bad tissue necrosis. I dipped it in a bucket of r/o water, shook off the loose skin and put it in my tank. I've done the same thing for numerous lps over the years for the same person.
FYI, i rarely ever feed lps, especially sick ones.
FYI, i rarely ever feed lps, especially sick ones.
MechEng99
aka Reef'd Up
ECS is pretty well documented to be an actual disease - not something caused by poor water quality or improper placement. It's still somewhat controversial (and the drama caused by the study below was no help.)
"Catalaphyllia affected with ECS show a progression of both consistent and inconsistent signs. The first signs are often, but not always, an aperiodic expansion and contraction of the colony and excessive mucus production that streams from the oral disk's surface. This is followed by the characteristic signs of an expanded oral disk and the progressive lack of extension of the polyps' tentacles, eventually being reduced to a fringe of small flaccid tentacles surrounding the disc. The coral's color almost always changes, with the bright fluorescent green oral disk becoming paler, and with an underlying opaque white to grey color. At this point, the colony is all but incapable of capturing food particles or prey, and the tentacles do not stick to prey items. In 68% of cases (n=48) in this study, a white or grey web of mucus forms a web-like covering across the oral disk, and appears to originate near the interface between the coral's tissue and skeleton. This second stage typically lasts from days to nearly a month. The coral then begins to recede and its oral disc becomes deflated. Tissue loss begins, usually near the lateral margins, moving inward toward the central polyps. The coral ceases to expand either its tentacles or its oral disk, and tissue loss progresses until the coral dies. Secondary infections may occur, but are neither common nor predictable."
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-01/eb/index.php
MechEng99
aka Reef'd Up
I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. Every case of ECS I've seen was limited to just the Elegance coral. If a sick Elegance was placed into a healthy tank with a healthy Elegance, the healthy Elegance would then exhibit symptoms of ECS as well. I don't recall ever seeing the symptoms of ECS displayed in other genus of coral.
I wasn't saying your Elegance had ECS...I was just asking if you thought it did. If you think it was water conditions, then ok. I was just hoping someone had rescued an Elegance with ECS.
Mhayes462
New member
Not sure what happened to it. I went in to work yesterday and saw it in one of the display, not for sale tanks. I asked my buddy, the livestock guy, if I could have it and he let me. I did your 3 step dip. These came out. Is there anything that munches on lps? Maybe something else?
akitareefer
New member
Its hard to tell but those critters just look like some harmless bristle worms. I think the scoly will make it just fine and slowly fill in.
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