Is this Elegance Coral Syndrome?

[the.cornish.reefer]

As the title suggests, I fear my elegance has the dreaded elegance coral syndrome?

From this picture would you say this is the case? Or is it just having a little unhappy phase as some corals do?
It's been like this for the last few days.

1st picture is today.
2nd picture is how it normally looks

 

[Lavey29]

I find these to be difficult corals to keep long term. What are your complete parameters including light and flow for it. Doesn't look bad to me in the pic.

 

[the.cornish.reefer]

I find these to be difficult corals to keep long term. What are your complete parameters including light and flow for it. Doesn't look bad to me in the pic.

Ive had it for about 10months now and its been brilliant, my clownfish have hosted it all this time.
part of me is wondering if the clownfish are bothering it now?
Sending an icp tomorrow so hopefully should find out in a few days exactly what they are.
The ones I've tested at home yesterday are:
Po4 - 1.1
No3 - 9.7
Both hanna test
Mag - 1350
Calcium - 450
Alk - 8.2dkh
Ph - 8
All tested with salifert test.

 

[Lavey29]

Ive had it for about 10months now and its been brilliant, my clownfish have hosted it all this time.
part of me is wondering if the clownfish are bothering it now?
Sending an icp tomorrow so hopefully should find out in a few days exactly what they are.
The ones I've tested at home yesterday are:
Po4 - 1.1
No3 - 9.7
Both hanna test
Mag - 1350
Calcium - 450
Alk - 8.2dkh
Ph - 8
All tested with salifert test.

That phosphate is very elevated. Mine lasted about 1.5 years then slowly withered away for unknown reasons. It was large like yours. I think they get bacterial infection that targets elegance coral and think possibly KFC dip if you notice it starting to decline might help. Or a ciprofloaxin bath dip.

 

[the.cornish.reefer]

Yes, im trying to bring it down using rowaphos in a reactor.

But im feeding heavier than normal at the moment as trying to get my copperband to eat frozen from the water column

 

[Lavey29]

Yes, im trying to bring it down using rowaphos in a reactor.

But im feeding heavier than normal at the moment as trying to get my copperband to eat frozen from the water column

It's possible the rowaphos is irritating it too

 

[punchy7080]

Chris Meckley at ACI uses oxolinic acid to treat and reports great success. Here’s the instructions he sent me…

“We use 1/2gram per 10 gallons of tank water for a full system treatment.
5 days in a row with no waterchanges until after the 5th treatment.
you can also use 1gram per 10 gallons in a bath, 5 days in a row, but if the issue exists in your system the system needs to be treated. once the system is treated , you must treat any elegance received in the bath before adding it to you system. we have saved hundreds of Elegance corals using this. our customers buy them with confidence, but also understand they might need to treat the corals as well.
I hope this helps”

 

[the.cornish.reefer]

Update, it's back to normal.. and was all down to my own doing

 

[nment92]

did you dip it before adding it to your tank? you should make sure phosphate doesn't drop too fast as this can make corals unhappy. keep checking phosphate every other day and if it's dropping too fast then reduce the amount of media you're using until you are at your desired level.