Unknown coral. Help to identify

[Mperry622]

Any help if what he is? I bought this Coral last Sunday at the Lansing Coral swap in Michigan. It was a $20 mystery box but I have a clue what it is. It kind of look like a Duncan mixed with a torch. The frag I got was definitely recently cut and you can tell I had some decent damage but now I noticed there's a weird bubbly membrane over it.. should I be concerned or is it just repairing itself? The first picture was from one week ago exactly. The second picture with the membrane was taken 5 minutes ago.

 

[LordofCinder]

I don't know what it was, perhaps a duncan, but it looks like its melting. It will be hard to recover from that amount of damage.

 

[Cell]

Looks dead/melting/bjd

 

[Reefing102]

With the blue pic it kinda looks like an elegance but I agree with above appears to be melting/dying

 

[F i s h y]

Looks to me like a small peice of elegance coral and it is sadly on its way out.

 

[Mperry622]

That's very disappointing I got it last week at the swap and it's been out and open and seems to be happy but the last 3 days I noticed this weird white membrane covering all the weird skeleton that I used to be able to see...

I'll keep an eye on it but he does come out all the time I was just curious I've never seen a coral put a membrane over itself but it's probably how it makes a skeleton

 

[Mperry622]

Well I took 16 oz of tank water with five drops of iodine soaked him for 15 minutes used a pipette to blow off the membrane which indeed was brown and jelly like...

Upon blowing it off I transferred it to another iodine dip for another 2 minutes.

I've treated a 10 gallon quarantine tank with one tablet 250 mg of Cipro and moved him there.


Let's cross our fingers this guy makes it every Coral gets a chance!

Thanks guys I can't believe I didn't see that and that could have been really bad for the whole tank should I treat my display tank? I'm worried about my torches

 

[vetteguy53081]

i agree on elegance and DO NOT give it cipro which is best left to humans. It has an elegance disease known as elegance coral syndrome (ECS). notable by the swelling around the oral disc and unopened polyps or a white mucus coating. Mine do NOT like high mag- 1330 is where mine is at.
Elegance corals require a moderate amount of light to support photosynthesis which they require which does not translate to strong light. LEDs, fluorescent, or other reef-used lights are sufficient but you want to aim for a PAR of about 80-120. Also important is water flow which should be moderate.
You don’t want the flow to be too hard or too soft but keeping the tentacles flowing gently, like leaves in a light wind. Too little flow and elegance corals will not make it. Too much flow and you risk tearing their polyps which are delicate.
Proper flow brings nutrients to the polyps, assuring they remain nourished and you’ll see the typical sweeping movement as they drift in the current.
A freshwater dip may help this coral at the point it is at

This is mine: