Elegance Coral

[gsw0716]

I know they're not the easiest Coral to keep, I got one back in April, the first few weeks, it was open, extended, looking awesome, then of course out of nowhere, closed. Its been like this for two months and whenever I get tempted to just throw it out, I know it's still alive because it's still green and still opens during the day and closes at night. Just no tentacles. I've tried to spot feed it, move it around one tank, I even moved it to my second tank with less flow and a weaker light, still not open. It's just taking up space now, but I can't bring myself to throwing it out cause I know it's still alive. Any suggestions? I'm not stressing over it anymore, I'm actually used to it just being there, not opening fully. Lol

 

[gsw0716]

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[saltyfins]

anyone? Just bumping this

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

IMO, there is a fundamental problem with many (most? all?) newly imported elegance corals that make them a significant death risk and I am not aware of any clear solution.

I was gifted a baby of an elegance that has been in Dwest's tank for 20+ years, and it is thriving, but I'd be very reluctant to try new ones.

@dwest

 

[gsw0716]

IMO, there is a fundamental problem with many (most? all?) newly imported elegance corals that make them a significant death risk and I am not aware of any clear solution.

I was gifted a baby of an elegance that has been in Dwest's tank for 20+ years, and it is thriving, but I'd be very reluctant to try new ones.

@dwest

Thanks for the bump and response. I threw this elegance out a few months ago. Beautiful looking coral, but never trying again. My lfs just had a few that looked beautiful for weeks, last time I was in there, they were closed up. Beautiful coral but a hard pass for me now......

 

[dwest]

IMO, there is a fundamental problem with many (most? all?) newly imported elegance corals that make them a significant death risk and I am not aware of any clear solution.

I was gifted a baby of an elegance that has been in Dwest's tank for 20+ years, and it is thriving, but I'd be very reluctant to try new ones.

@dwest

Randy, don’t know if you saw this or not

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/elegance-coral-division-documentation.1135350/

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I missed that. Thx. :)