Elegance abandoning base?

DC Reefer · Dec 14, 2020

About 1/2 of my elegance has become detached from it's base , otherwise looks healthy to me. Is this something I need to be concerned about or any action to be taken?

Thanks

andrewkw · Dec 14, 2020

I would be concerned. Polyp bailout is never good news. Is anything able to reach it as far as stinging? Could any of your fish be picking at it? A long long time ago I had a purple tang who loved elegance. I never would have believed it was him that destroyed my colony until I saw him swimming with a tentacle in his mouth.

DC Reefer · Dec 14, 2020

I have not seen anything picking at it. There is a yellow tang in the tank and a 6 line wrasse. The bailout started when the Elegance was in a corner, it had low flow but was waving the flow some. I moved it to a less flow area of the tank thinking that might be the problem, it is in close proximity to a RFA but the closes I have either one is about 3 inches away from each other.

DC Reefer · Dec 30, 2020

The elegance has totally abandoned its base. it doesn’t look in too bad of shape. is it salvageable or should I toss?

andrewkw · Dec 30, 2020

I don't see any reason to toss it, but I also don't recall ever hearing of one recovering from polyp bailout.

Sharkbait19 · Jan 11, 2021

What wound up happening? I hope it made it!

I'm following because I have an elegance coral and want to know everything I can about their care.

Sharkbait19 · Jan 11, 2021

Topekoms · Jan 11, 2021

Well I had one bail about 8 months ago it's still alive ‍

DC Reefer · Jan 11, 2021

It is still hanging on. My only concern is it gets drug around by an urchin and don’t want it to get stung or sting anything. May have to move one or the other to a different tank.

Sharkbait19 · Jan 11, 2021

DC Reefer said:
It is still hanging on. My only concern is it gets drug around by an urchin and don’t want it to get stung or sting anything. May have to move one or the other to a different tank.

I wonder if you can make a makeshift skeleton out of PVC?