My elegance are a zoa…?

[yanni]

Ummm so I possibly have the weirdest post ever…my elegance coral ate a zoa frag that detached from its plug. It’s a Sakura sunrise, has about 4 polyps, and the elegance just devoured the entire thing. I came home from work to see the tip of one zoa poking out, and I tried to pull it out, only for the elegance to close up and not let it go.

I then had to go for dinner, and when I came back, it had spat most of it out, but then as I got some tweezers ready to pull it out, the elegance decided to close up for the night, and swallowed the zoa again.

Is the elegance at risk, and what the heck do I do???

 

[yanni]

Parameters are 5 nitrate, 0.04 phos, 1.026 salinity, 0ammo/nitrite, 1500mag, 420ca, and 11dkh.

 

[Chrisv.]

Wow. At this point I'd do nothing. Mother nature, you crazy beast!

 

[Chrisv.]

This happened last night?

Edit: I see that dinner is now for you!

 

[yanni]

Wow. At this point I'd do nothing. Mother nature, you crazy beast!

Yeah, I’m just like what the heck!! I’ve searched this on Google, and haven’t found anything like it haha. I love owning a tank, and watching nature battle it out

 

[yanni]

This happened last night?

Edit: I see that dinner is now for you!

I’m in Australia, so has happened over the past 8 hours from when I first saw it happening, had work and dinner etc

 

[N.Sreefer]

After reading/seeing this I tried to find some observation of a coral actually consuming another coral to no avail. If I were you I would email the australian institute of marine science (AIMS) with a picture of this observation. Especially if the zoa ends up digested. I wonder if some coral can acquire defensive chemicals from the metabolised flesh of other coral?

 

[yanni]

After reading/seeing this I tried to find some observation of a coral actually consuming another coral to no avail. If I were you I would email the australian institute of marine science (AIMS) with a picture of this observation. Especially if the zoa ends up digested. I wonder if some coral can acquire defensive chemicals from the metabolised flesh of other coral?

That’s a good idea, I’ll send them an email in the morning, see what they say. It’s super interesting, I can’t find anything on it, so I’m watching my elegance carefully

 

[mingc]

WOW!

That’s a good idea, I’ll send them an email in the morning, see what they say. It’s super interesting, I can’t find anything on it, so I’m watching my elegance carefully

WOW! your elegance must be super hungry lol