Who has an elegance coral and how old is you elegance coral?

[reneeL]

My elegance coral is just hanging in alive. Flesh shows, no tentacles, receding just a bit on the edges. Do the green crabs bother these corals?

 

[dedragon]

sounds like elegance coral syndrome. Can you post a pic of it and also the crabs?

 

[Mike J]

Pic

These should be sorta bulletproof

Immediate action: I would use your fav metal absorbing media

Mine is 3ish years into it btw - maaaaaaybe doubled in size?? So don't listen to me.

 

[reneeL]

Pic

These should be sorta bulletproof

Immediate action: I would use your fav metal absorbing media

Mine is 3ish years into it btw - maaaaaaybe doubled in size?? So don't listen to me.

If I understand you, then your elegance is 3 years old and doubled in size?
How often do you feed and what do you feed?

 

[dedragon]

I had mine for 7+ years, they get huge overtime. feeding is not the issue if it is barely hanging on.

Here is a pic of it when i had to put it into the corner to stop it from stinging everything

 

[dedragon]

Mine is 3ish years into it btw - maaaaaaybe doubled in size?? So don't listen to me.

i wish mine was like that but mine got super fleshy and huge, but less so the skeleton size. This was initially bought as a 1 or 2 mouth tiny frag.

 

[fishguy242]

@F i s h y ,got pics ?

 

[SpyC]

Pic

These should be sorta bulletproof

Immediate action: I would use your fav metal absorbing media

Mine is 3ish years into it btw - maaaaaaybe doubled in size?? So don't listen to me.

How do you modify your setup to make elegance corals bulletproof?

 

[dedragon]

How do you modify your setup to make elegance corals bulletproof?

they are easy once acclimated, just keep normal tank conditions and dont bottom out nutrients. Pretty much same care as a bubble tip anemone plus a little bit of calcium testing

 

[reneeL]

i wish mine was like that but mine got super fleshy and huge, but less so the skeleton size. This was initially bought as a 1 or 2 mouth tiny frag.

Thank you. My XL 425 is looking really weak on the front panel, sooo my elegance problem is not on my mind.